"I feel like my translation work influences my own writing by giving me a way to write in voices or forms that I would never have thought of for myself." Check out the conversation between #translator @kelsivanada.bsky.social and Emilio Jurado Naón on the MR blog: massreview.org/2026/07/07/c...

Conversation between Kelsi Vanada and Emilio Jurado Naón - The Massachusetts Review

This is an edited transcription of a larger recorded conversation between Kelsi Vanada and Emilio Jurado Naón, available in full below. Vanada is the translator, and Naón the author, of the novel Agus...

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Celebrating summer before the solstice with the launch of our new issue! Vol. 67, Issue 2 is here with poems from @timothyliupoet.bsky.social and Nikelle, prose by Caroline Crew, R.C. Blenis, Emilio Jurado Naón (translated by @kelsivanada.bsky.social) and many more! Get your copy today:

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Check out this event happening tonight at the @uapoetrycenter.bsky.social! Plus: ALTA's own Senior Program Director @kelsivanada.bsky.social will be introducing Volha Hapayeva 🤩 More info on the event (and livestream) here: poetry.arizona.edu/calendar/vol...

🎉 The American Literary Translators Association is delighted to introduce you to the 2026 ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Program mentees! There are 14 mentees taking part in 13 mentorships in 2026. Learn all about the mentorships and this year's stellar mentees here: buff.ly/vDXkws5

If you're going to be at the upcoming ALTA48 conference from November 5-8 in Tucson, consider coming to the BIPOC Literary Translators Caucus Reading Series at 8:30pm on November 6 in The Royal Room! The reading is free and open to all. Interested in reading? Sign up from here!

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Reading tour continues—with a virtual reading this Thurs for Veliz Books’ 10th anniversary!

Reading from my book Optional Saint in a few places! Hope to see you!

Today’s Featured Poem: “Leaderboard” by @kelsivanada.bsky.social from Optional Saint published by BENCH Editions. Read here: poems.com/poem/leaderb...

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Brenda told me finding your voice is bullshit. She said God didn't put you on earth to be consistent,

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Deadline extended to June 9! Tell your theater translator friends!!

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Today is the LAST DAY to submit to the 5th annual Plays in Translation Contest! ALTA and the Scoundrel & Scamp Theatre in Tucson seek plays in translation for an in-person staged reading performed by local actors during the ALTA conference, held November 5-8. Find out more here!

We're excited to shout out Trace Press, sponsor of our upcoming event Write The World (happening online on May 27)! Check out their title ARABIC, BETWEEN LOVE AND WAR edited by Yasmine Haj & Norah Alkharashi. (Order directly thru the site, as US distribution is paused due to tariffs): rb.gy/mqm8kp

Happy pub day to Optional Saint, my first book of poems! I can’t wait to share it with you. Endless gratitude to the wonderful Bench Editions 🙏🏼 Order at www.bencheditions.com/optional-saint

How much it means to be able to say that my first collection of poetry, "You're Called By The Same Sound," will be published in August by @thirdhandbooks.bsky.social. It's been a long road to this future, and I wouldn't have any other way—I believe in the work of small presses, now and forever.

Poetry translators, don't miss your chance! There are just 5 slots left for our Spring Multilingual Translation Workshops, your chance to get individualized feedback on a translation. Check them out here and register before they're all gone!

2025 Spring Multilingual Translation Workshops

Multilingual Translation Workshops pair 6 literary translators with an established translator leader for a 105-minute workshop via Zoom.

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We've teamed up w/ Vermont Studio Center to offer 2 fully funded 2-week residencies in 2026 to ALTA members! 1: For a BIPOC translator who identifies as queer, woman, non-binary and/or LGBTQ+ 2: For a mid-career translator (3+ full-length translations) Apply by 3/31: https://buff.ly/3D8kRh4

Optional Saint, my first book of poems, is available for pre-order from Bench Editions! Thank you to everyone who has asked about it ❤️ www.bencheditions.com/optional-saint

“I highlight this list that thematically supports everything Evil Orange & his cronies oppose.” 💪🏼 thanks for including United Left!! @eulaliabooks.bsky.social

🎉 ALTA is very excited to announce the recipients of the 2025 ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Program! There are 19 mentees in 2025. Learn more about them here, and join us in celebrating these promising emerging translators! https://buff.ly/3QbC2Bg

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Iowa Writers’ Workshop@iowawriterswksp.bsky.social · 2y ago

A funeral service for Connie Brothers, program associate of the Writers' Workshop from 1974-2019, will be held this Friday, Feb. 7, 10:00 a.m. ET at Levine Chapels, 470 Harvard St., Brookline, MA. It will be viewable via livestream [link on the memorial page] www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/b...

Congrats to the 2025 NEA Translation fellows! www.arts.gov/impact/liter...