Wendy Call

@wendycall.bsky.social

wordworker / writer / translator / developmental editor / educator / co-editor & co-founder Best Literary Translations

Plenty of grim news out there, but here's one point of light ~ today is pub day for BLT 2025!! Read it for brilliance coming to the U.S. from all over the world, from Algeria to the Faroe Islands to Puel Mapu to Ukraine! store.deepvellum.org/products/bes...

Best Literary Translations 2025

Best Literary Translations redefines the canon of global literatures in English translation, showcasing the brave and brilliant work of contemporary translators and editors. Guest editor: Cristina Riv...

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All praise to Representatives R Tlaib (MI), M Pocan and G Moore (WI), N Valasquez (NY), D Ramirez (IL), I Omar (MN), J Crockett and A Green (TX), S Lee (PA), A Pressley and J McGovern (MA), L Simon (CA), A Carson (IN), and N Williams (GA) Shame on ALL others. What will happen when they come for you?

“The Houses of Your Village Have Eyes.” A Poem by Irma Pineda, in Three Languages The houses of your village have eyes that seek the beach’s sandgrains in the distance they see the sun that doesn’t shine on their heads today doesn’t brighten their shingle-tresses [...] lithub.com/the-houses-o...

“The Houses of Your Village Have Eyes.” A Poem by Irma Pineda, in Three Languages

I first encountered Irma Pineda’s poetry in the Mexico City literary journal Generación in 2005, as I was writing a nonfiction book set in her home region (No Word for Welcome, Nebraska, 2011). Pin…

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