In Chicago and looking to celebrate #WITMonth? Join WWB Editorial Director Susan Harris, plus translator Kathleen Maris Paltrineri and WWB contributors Izidora Angel and Neil Blackadder, at Women & Children First on August 12! RSVP for free at the link: womenandchildrenfirst.com/event/2026-0...

Women in Translation: 2026 Panel Reading & Discussion

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As part of our issue “Revolutionary Literature from the Philippines,” we’re publishing two new translations of poems by revolutionary writer and activist Kerima Lorena Tariman, translated from Filipino by guest editor @soleildahveed.bsky.social : wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...

“Präauer is particularly attuned to hollow signifiers of sophistication in the internet age.” In @wwborders.bsky.social, Nina Renata Aron reviews Teresa Präauer’s newly translated novel, “Cooking in the Wrong Century” - wordswithoutborders.org/book-reviews...

Bread, Wildflowers, and Social Satire: Teresa Präauer’s Cooking in the Wrong Century - Words Without Borders

Food is “a primary means of exploring class and social position” in Teresa Präauer’s novel, writes critic Nina Renata Aron.

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“What distinguishes Präauer’s novel from other entries into the genre of millennial satire is the food.” New book review on WWB! @ninarenataaron.bsky.social reviews of COOKING IN THE WRONG CENTURY (by Teresa Präauer, tr. Eleanor Updegraff @pushkinpress.com ): wordswithoutborders.org/book-reviews...

At @wwborders.bsky.social, thoughts on six recent books in translation... wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...

The Watchlist: July 2026 - Words Without Borders

Looking for summer reads? Tobias Carroll recommends six new titles in translation, including novels, poetry, and a short story collection.

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@wwborders.bsky.social thinks you should! wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...

The Watchlist: June 2026 - Words Without Borders

From Transit Books | On the Other Side Is March by Sólrún Michelson, translated from the Faroese by Marita Thomsen | Fiction | 121 pages | ISBN 9798893380491 | US$18.95 What the publisher says: “A lyr...

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Stop: It’s Watchlist Time. @tobiascarroll.bsky.social is back with your July Watchlist recommendations, which are translated from Indonesian, Tamil, Kurdish, and more. Check them all out at the link, or scroll for @bookshop.org links plus more info: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...

Louche characters scheme and slouch through an unnamed Kashmiri city in this excerpt from the winner of the 2025 @armorysqprize.bsky.social . Read “A Woman’s Presence Completes the Existence of a Man” by Akhtar Mohiuddin (tr. Mehdi Khawaja) here: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...

A child folk healer cures a snake-bitten soldier and teaches a medical doctor turned rebel fighter in Emmanuel V. Dumlao's story, tr. from Filipino by Bernard Capinpin. Read “A Country Doctor” from our issue “Revolutionary Literature from the Philippines”: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...

The literary event of the season returns this fall! Join us at the Edison Ballroom in NYC for the WWB Annual Gala on October 28. Feat. a lively cocktail hour, stirring bilingual readings, and a delicious dinner. Learn more and get your tix: wwborders.live/2026Gala

Amid the chaos of the EDSA Revolution, a woman fights her way to the Marcos presidential residence in this heady tale. Read “The Giant Mausoleum” by Alvin Yapan tr. @talinghaga.bsky.social from our issue “Revolutionary Literature from the Philippines”: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...

“‘When you’re young, life’s nothing but a bunch of contradictions.’” A psychoanalyst-in-training finds himself at a loss working with a refugee from Basra. Read “The Psychiatrist” by Duna Ghali (tr. William Maynard Hutchins), first published in 2008: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...

“You remember everything, right? Where did you keep the tape recorder? Good. Just don’t forget.” Characters scheme and sneak around in this excerpt from the winner of the 2025 @armorysqprize.bsky.social by Akhtar Mohiuddin (tr. by Mehdi Khawaja): wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...

Wow, this opening: You defy me with an echo. By the edge by the roadside, the acquainted and estranged converge and fold. The gaze is the most crucial. Hug a kid with a sharp tail. Gift him an apple. Tell him: original sin. In fact, snakes are a desperate kind of bird.

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A series of refusals reflects and refracts notions of family, spirituality, and belongingness in Hong Kong writer Ka Yee Lee’s poem (tr. @timtimtmi.bsky.social ). Read “They Leave to Reach Likeness” here:

A series of refusals reflects and refracts notions of family, spirituality, and belongingness in Hong Kong writer Ka Yee Lee’s poem (tr. @timtimtmi.bsky.social ). Read “They Leave to Reach Likeness” here:

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A series of refusals reflects and refracts notions of family, spirituality, and belonging in Hong Kong writer Ka Yee Lee’s poem, translated by the recipient of our 2026 Momentum Grant, Tim Tim Cheng.

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“steering the spotlight away from the capital-H historic figures … to assert the humanity of the freedom fighters, the poetry of the everyday details of their lives, the beauty they experience, and the prosaic that exists alongside the lofty ideals. In short, the ordinary beauty of revolution.”

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Guest editor @soleildahveed.bsky.social introduces this selection of fiction and poetry on the Filipino people’s prolonged fight for liberation. Read “In the Right Place Fighting for the Right Things: Revolutionary Writing from the Philippines”: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...

“‘All because I served my country, Ka Gefuwen, because I wanted to cure the illnesses of our country.’” During wartime, a girl shares her knowledge of folk healing with a rebel doctor. Read Emmanuel V. Dumlao’s “A Country Doctor” (tr. Bernard Capinpin): wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...

A Sri Lankan family, immigrants to France, is rocked by the oldest son's sudden religious fervor in this finalist for the 2025 Armory Square Prize for South Asian Literature. Read “The Believer” on WWB: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...

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A Sri Lankan immigrant family in France is rocked by the son's sudden religious fervor in this finalist for the 2025 Armory Square Prize.

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“Nene was lost in the middle of burning tires, waving flags and stolen flags, torn flags and scorched flags, cars that came out of nowhere.” Read an excerpt from the Filipino novel “Sandali ng mga Mata” by Alvin Yapan (tr. @talinghaga.bsky.social ): wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...

Guest editor @soleildahveed.bsky.social introduces this selection of fiction and poetry on the Filipino people’s prolonged fight for liberation. Read “In the Right Place Fighting for the Right Things: Revolutionary Writing from the Philippines”: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...

In the Right Place Fighting for the Right Things: Revolutionary Writing from the Philippines - Words Without Borders

Guest editor Soleil David introduces this selection of fiction and poetry on the Filipino people’s prolonged fight for liberation.

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Read Ka Yee Lee’s poem “They Leave to Reach Likeness,” tr. by our 2026 Momentum Grant winner, @timtimtmi.bsky.social. This poem floats through the familial and spiritual bonds that tie us to our pasts. Find the full poem (and a reading in Chinese) here: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...

Tim Tim Cheng will receive the 2026 Momentum Grant for Early-Career Translators. Cheng is recognized for their translation of the nonfiction book EXPOSURE by Ka Yee Lee, which blends travel writing, memoir, reading notes, and poetry. Read more here: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...

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Tim Tim Cheng receives the 2026 Momentum Grant for Emerging Translators for their translation of Ka Yee Lee's "Exposure."

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“What ties these six revolutionary works together is their insistence that the people take center stage.” @soleildahveed.bsky.social introduces our latest issue in “In the Right Place Fighting for the Right Things: Revolutionary Writing from the Philippines": wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...

One of the great cities!

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The American Academy in Berlin is now accepting applications for the 2027-28 Berlin Prize competition. The deadline is Friday, September 25, 2026, at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time (6:00 p.m. Central European Time). Learn more and apply: www.americanacademy.de/apply/apply-...

The American Academy in Berlin is now accepting applications for the 2027-28 Berlin Prize competition. The deadline is Friday, September 25, 2026, at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time (6:00 p.m. Central European Time). Learn more and apply: www.americanacademy.de/apply/apply-...

Apply for a Fellowship - American Academy in Berlin

We are now accepting applications for the 2027-28 Berlin Prize competition. The deadline is Friday, September 25, 2026, at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time (6:00 p.m. Ce

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🎉 Congrats to 2025 ALTA mentee Tim Tim Cheng on being awarded the 2026 Momentum Grant for Early-Career Translators by @wwborders.bsky.social! It recognizes Cheng’s translation from Chinese of the nonfiction book EXPOSURE by Ka Yee Lee. Learn more here: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...

Tim Tim Cheng Awarded Momentum Grant for Early-Career Translators - Words Without Borders

Tim Tim Cheng receives the 2026 Momentum Grant for Emerging Translators for their translation of Ka Yee Lee's "Exposure."

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I love this from @wwborders.bsky.social (2016) wordswithoutborders.org/read/article... #translation #xl8

36 Metaphors for Translation - Words Without Borders

Some of our favorite translators and writers share metaphors for the complex and enigmatic art of translation.

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WWB is excited to announce @timtimtmi.bsky.social was awarded the 2026 Momentum Grant for Early-Career Translators! The grant will support Cheng’s translation of EXPOSURE (Ka Yee Lee): wordswithoutborders.org/read/article... (Judge: bsky.app/profile/jere... ; Funded by: Malecha Family Foundation)

"And here I go again talking about what I eat and don’t eat and how I eat the things I eat." Our Senior Editor & Development Manager Nina Perrotta has a new translation from Spanish in @pshares.bsky.social ! Read "Hunger in the Year of Pica" by Julieta García González: pshares.org/issue-articl...

Hunger in the Year of Pica

Translated from the Spanish by Nina Perrotta And here I go again talking about what I eat and don’t eat and how I eat the things I eat. About how what happened to my body failed to disturb the…

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In this Armory Square Prize finalist, the troubled son of Sri Lankan immigrants in France converts to Islam—his greatest and most surprising rebellion yet. Read “The Believers” by Shobasakthi (translated from Tamil by Sumathy Sivamohan): wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...