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An Interview with Burcu Sahin and Jennifer Hayashida on Embroideries

To celebrate the poetry debut Embroideries by Burcu Sahin, translated from Swedish by Jennifer Hayashida, Litmus Press intern Dahlia Olivo interviewed Sahin and Hayashida on writing, crafting, translating and finishing the collection. Plus, some advice for young writers and translators! Read more below.   DO: Burcu, how did you end up writing Embroideries? When did […]

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Shooting the Moon: I, Caustic and the Labor of Revolution

I, Caustic, the first English-language edition of Moroccan writer Mohammed Khaïr-Eddine’s Moi, l’aigre (Éditions du Seuil, 1970), translated by Jake Syersak, raises a mobilizing cry against colonization and state violence, weaving drama, historical narrative, and literary manifesto together to incite revolution through poetics. The work battles against political oppression during Morocco’s “Years of Lead,” a […]

READ: A Journal of Inter-Translation

Today marks the launch of our new digital publication READ #9, edited by Sarah Riggs and Alisha Mascarenhas. READ #9: A Journal of Inter-Translation inaugurates our collaboration with Tamaas, a cross-cultural arts organization that brings together poets of diverse origins, languages and generations through annual translation seminars. These seminars invite writers to work in pairs […]

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Translation as Invitation: a workshop & reading

Litmus Press + Torn Page present Translation as Invitation: a workshop & reading w/ Isabelle Garron Eléna Rivera & Sarah Riggs Sunday, April 3rd, 2-5 pm EST In-person translation workshop from 2-3:15 pm EST at Torn Page: 435 W22nd Street, New York, NY 10011 Followed by a student reading, and a reading by Isabelle Garron […]

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