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Strange, darkly humorous and strangely compelling prose poems by Norwegian poet Asbjørn Stenmark translated by himself. Who is Krill? And what's with the yellow note in his grandmother's leather handbag? periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/10/asbj... @periodicities.bsky.social #noirpoetry

newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Asbjørn Stenmark : Six poems : translated from Norwegian by the author
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Gorgeous poems by Ni Made Purnama Sari translated from Indonesian by Norman Erikson Pasaribu : modernpoetryintranslation.com/poem/three-p...
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Congratulations to all the shortlisted translators, poets and authors!! literarytranslators.org/awards/2026-... @littranslate.bsky.social @christophernelson.bsky.social #translation

Congratulations to Eugene Ostashevsky & Maria Stepanova for being shortlisted for ALTA's National Translation Award. Read Dan Alter's review of their remarkable book, Ovid Ovoid: www.thetransformationreview.com/reviews/osta... @arlozoroff.bsky.social @littranslate.bsky.social #translation #poetry

Tomorrow is the LAST DAY to register online for ALTA49: Give and Take, taking place 10/21-24 in Portland, OR! If you don't register by EOD tomorrow, you will have to wait to register (at a higher rate!) onsite at the conference. All attendees, presenters & exhibitors must register! buff.ly/P9Cn1jA

Marie Célie Agnant & Danielle Legros Georges together in 2023!!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZ0u...

Read our review of Danielle's translation of Agnant's Gashes in Blue Flare: Three Haitian Poets www.thetransformationreview.com/reviews/blue... #caribbeanpoetry #translation @catranslation.org

Tuesday poem #705 : Dan Beachy-Quick : Variation on a Theme / @lsupress.bsky.social ;
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🎉 We are excited to announce the shortlists for the 2026 National Translation Awards in Poetry and Prose! Congratulations to the translators, authors, and publishers on these lists.

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Évelyne Trouillot on the presence of the past in Haiti, among other things. www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3-m... Read our review of Blue Flare: Three Haitian Poets translated by Danielle Legros Georges
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📣 UPDATE! ALTA is delighted to announce that the 2027 Emerging Translator Mentorship Program submission portals are open - and now include a mentorship in Polish with Bill Johnston!

See more details, and apply by November 30: buff.ly/LRfX9nP

A small selection of books that informed DO IT WRONG: HOW TO BE A POET IN THE 21ST CENTURY (assemblypress.ca/shop/do-it-w...) ... each of these will blow your mind and send you down a rabbit hole of radical thinking. @pressassembly.bsky.social
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Dave at King W. Books in Westdale loved the look & feel of The Backtalking Back of Words (by Nicole Brossard, translated by Karen McPherson) & has copies for sale. A lovely bookshop in a lovely neighborhood in Hamilton, Ontario. #TranslationTuesday www.thetransformationreview.com/book/the-bac...

“Fire Strike”, a poem written and translated from Ojibwe by Margaret Noodin, is praised for concise sonics and imagery, which “capture the essence of elemental fire,”. Head on over to Words Without Borders to read it in full!

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Check out our review of Blue Flare: Three Haitian Poets translated by Danielle Legros Georges @littranslate.bsky.social @zephyrpress.bsky.social @catranslation.org www.thetransformationreview.com/reviews/blue...

Blue Flare: Three Haitian Poets translated by Danielle Legros Georges allows English readers to experience the work of three remarkable and under-translated poets. Check out our in-depth review. @zephyrpress.bsky.social #FrancophonePoetryinTranslation www.thetransformationreview.com/reviews/blue...

Nicole Brossard's The Backtalking Back of Words translated by Karen McPherson is now available at The Printed Word in Dundas, Ontario, one of our favorite bookstores anywhere. #PoetryInTranslation #QuébécoisPoetryinTranslation @karenmcpherson.bsky.social @theprintedword.bsky.social

We're so excited! Nicole Brossard's The Backtalking Back of Words translated by Karen McPherson is now available thru Apple Books. books.apple.com/us/book/the-... #PoetryInTranslation @karenmcpherson.bsky.social #QuebecoisPoetryInTranslation @rossbelot.bsky.social