Women in Translation 2021 Details

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#WITreadathon

Dates: Saturday, August 14th-Friday, August 20th (midnight-midnight your time zone)

Group Read: Minor Detail by Adania Shibli (translated from Arabic by Elisabeth Jaquette)
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Prompts (bonus for any if the translator is also a woman!):
1. Not a novel
2. A language that is new to you (also in the spirit of the prompt: a language you haven’t read from in the last 5 years)

Women in Translation Month was originated by the blogger Meytal Radzinski: [ Ссылка ]

Matthew’s Channel: [ Ссылка ]
Kendra’s Channel: [ Ссылка ]

Written Review Option – Open Letters Review ([ Ссылка ]):
Any full reviews of 2020-2021 releases. Send to me and I'll edit them so they can run on the site! Welcome to send at any time. Typical review is 700-900 words.
(Contact: jreadersense@gmail.com)

Books Mentioned:
-In Memory of Memory by Maria Stepanova (translated from Russian by Sasha Dugdale)
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-Factory of Tears by Valzhyna Mort (translated from Belarusian by Elizabeth Oelkers Wright and Franz Wright)
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-Fox by Dubravka Ugrešić (translated from Croatian by Ellen Elias-Bursac and David Williams)
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-Trieste by Daša Drndić (translated from Croatian by Ellen Elias-Bursac)
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Some independent presses we recommend (feel free to suggest more in the comments):
Pushkin Press ([ Ссылка ])
Europa Editions ([ Ссылка ])
Stories from an Unbound Europe ([ Ссылка ])
Peirene Press ([ Ссылка ])
Istros Books ([ Ссылка ])
Graywolf Press ([ Ссылка ])
Charco Press ([ Ссылка ])
Catapult ([ Ссылка ])
NYRB Classics ([ Ссылка ])
Milkweed Editions ([ Ссылка ])
Archipelago Books ([ Ссылка ])
FitzCarraldo Editions ([ Ссылка ])
CATranslations ([ Ссылка ])
Deep Vellum Press ([ Ссылка ])
Comma Press ([ Ссылка ])
Tilted Axis Press ([ Ссылка ])


[Note: These are affiliate links. No pressure at all to buy from these sources (or to buy books in the first place), but if you do choose to buy from these links, I'll receive a small portion of the sale with no extra cost to you.]

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This is not a sponsored video, and unless otherwise stated, I bought these books myself.

00:00 Hewo
01:29 English speakers ya know
02:06 Promptsss
02:23 Prompt #1 (not a novel)
02:36 Prompt #2 (new language)
03:50 Group book
04:55 Open Letters Review!
05:28 My TBR
07:34 Bai

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