I am so proud to work with so many wonderful, thoughtful, and dedicated colleagues. We are excited about the next chapter and look forward to a more equitable workplace, not just for us but for the publishing industry as a whole. Bound together indeed ❤️

UCP Workers Guild@ucpworkersguild.bsky.social · 3mo ago

We know we’re stronger together as we work toward a more equitable, sustainable, and transparent workplace. ✊ Please repost, share, and support our union via our Action Network campaign: actionnetwork.org/letters/were...

“Literature always manages to slip through the real and symbolic walls of oppressive governments. Asymptote may be a small chisel and drill, but these things force cracks that, time and again, have eventually brought the walls down.” -Eliot Weinberger New issue out! www.asymptotejournal.com

Winter 2026

Featuring Sanmao, Eduardo Halfon, Hamid Ismailov, and Anatoly Loginov in Part II of our Special Feature on attention

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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

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"You think you’re watching a woman drive away with an ICE agent following, then shooting her four times in the face, but what you’re really watching is an ICE agent in fear of his life and acting in self-defense."

What You’re Watching Isn’t What You’re Really Watching

“Federal and local officials dispute the circumstances that led an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer to fatally shoot a 37-year-old woman...

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Pleased to talk with WaPo tech writer @danielleabril.bsky.social about the impact of the AI boom on the translation world. This International Translation Day, let’s take a moment to appreciate all that translation does to foster human connection. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

AI is taking on live translations. But jobs and meaning are getting lost.

New artificial intelligence-driven capabilities are expected to accelerate the shift from translation done by humans to machines.

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“I believe that in the realm of literature we are, each of us, free. Free to imagine, to invent, to change our minds, to travel through time, across space, to feel and experience the full breadth of ourselves, and […] to step into the mind of another.” www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | The end of writing and reading will be the end of freedom

Why graduation season is so heartening to me.

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Very excited to see that Garland is out, featuring a piece I wrote musing on bao and asexuality. Thanks to the editors for their hard work! Enjoy 😊 fifthwheelpress.com/garland

GARLAND — fifth wheel press

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Love this 😍 okaydonkeymag.com/2025/03/14/b...

Breaking News: Barbie Eats Trump During Baltimore Pride Fest by Chrissy Stegman

What else was left for her to do? Giant in pink, her laughter clanging down Charles Street like bells rung wild to the dystopian melody. She was a blaze in glorious sequins. Swirls through the crow…

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This might be my favorite thing 😍 Be sure to read the blurbs and vote for the first round! lithub.com/the-best-vil...

The Best Villains in Literature Bracket

Welcome to Literary Hub’s inaugural Ides of March Madness bracket: The Best Villains in Literature. Everyone loves a good villain—at least when they’re safely fictional—but which litera…

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Call for submissions for an aroace themed volume! Deadline Feb. 14 with @esichr.bsky.social, the absolute gem of a writer, at the helm. Can’t wait to see the final product! #amwriting #litmag #writing oleada.io/publication/...

Well, well, another Year of the Snake! Gosh I was so obsessed with this tale before moving to China back in 2012, and I still remember watching “Green Snake” with a friend—both of us Snakes, both of us yearning to be somehow both green and white snake at once. www.sixthtone.com/news/1016587

How a Green Snake Became a Feminist Symbol in China

In early tellings of “Legend of the White Snake,” Green Snake was a sideshow. Now she’s the star.

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“sometimes you said goodnight I understood that it was not for me” Such a treat, always, to read thoughtful works like these in translation!

Words Without Borders & WWB Campus@wwborders.bsky.social · last yr.

A poem cycle from Ukraine on queer love, grief, and the slow passage of time. Read Alex Averbuch’s “Queer Shores of Ukraine,” translated from Ukrainian by Oksana Maksymchuk, Max Rosochinsky, and Alex Averbuch, on WWB:

Making the move over to BlueSky! Recommendations or advice welcome :) Stay healthy and hydrated everyone!