Sunday Submissions: Shenandoah, Black Warrior Review Seek Translations
We’re always on the lookout for literary magazines that a) pay contributors, b) are translation-friendly, and c) don’t charge fees.
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Posts by Marcia Lynx Qualey:
On Translating the Classic Plays in Wannous’s ‘Sentence to Hope’
“We want these works to be produced in the English-speaking world.”
Friday Finds: ‘A Song for the Lightning Bird’
Sleep quiet and safe
seven rose bushes will guard your sleep
and a bird whistling a heavenly tune
World Poetry Day: 21 Poems by Arab Women (in Translation)
“This list is not, in any sense, canonical. Nor is it complete.”
Online Arabic Bookseller Jamalon Raises $10M+
Jamalon plans to use the newly raised funds to increase the reach of Arabic books worldwide and to scale up its print-on-demand service.
Attack on Beloved Gazan Novelist Atef Abu Saif
Abu Saif is in reportedly in critical condition.
New Library-recommendation Project: 10 from Marilyn Hacker
Our third list of 10 for public libraries — thankfully poetry-heavy — comes from celebrated poet-translator Marilyn Hacker.
Why ‘Matloub’? A Talk with Librarians and Archivists for Palestine
“Of course, this initial phase of Matloub focuses on children’s literature, but we hope to develop subsequent cycles that highlight books for adults as well.”
Sunday Submissions: ‘Digital Intimacies’
From now through the end of May, The Lifted Brow is accepting submissions from translators for their “Digital Intimacies” issue.