You can read my translation of "The Grandfather" by Nuno Camarneiro (an excerpt from his novel O Fogo Será a Tua Casa) in the Winter 2025 issue of @kenyonreview. I worked on this text while in residence at @vtstudiocenter.
It's finally here! The Winter 2025 issue of The Kenyon Review includes the winning entry of the 2024 Kenyon Review Nonfiction Contest (@jpc_petrowcohen), the Far Corners folio, poetry by @VChangPoet, nonfiction by @melissafaliveno, and so much more!
https://t.co/4lFsWCp2bf
We've teamed up w/ @LitTranslate to offer 2 fully funded 2-week residencies 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 10/15: https://t.co/aLnRKim45E
Applications to the 2024 Granum Prizes close next week, #WritingCommunity! Funding from the Granum Prize & Granum Translation Prize can be used to provide a writer with the tools, time, & freedom to help ensure their success. Learn more & apply by Aug. 1: https://t.co/McZQd2jCV9.
From Brasil ➡️ NYC! 🎶 The Latin GRAMMY-nominated trio, @oficialgilsons are making their U.S. and Lincoln Center debut tomorrow night in Damrosch Park at 8pm with @BrasilSummerFst!
📽️ Can't make it in person? Watch along via live stream!
➡️ Learn more: https://t.co/fOFS8UQhkb
Thrilled to share an excerpt from a novel I'm translating from Portuguese: O Fogo Será a Tua Casa by Nuno Camarneiro. Check it out at @ConsequenceF below:
An excerpt from Portuguese novel O Fogo Será a Tua Casa (Fire Shall Be Your Home) by Nuno Camarneiro and translated by Michele Bantz. Michele also provides a reading and brief discussion of the translation process.
https://t.co/F0GXLloRWF
The latest podcast episode is out now! Listen to host Andie Ho’s chat with Thomas West III, former ATA president and author of three legal dictionaries: https://t.co/J8TNf5J54o
Submissions for the 2024 Translation Prize are open! This $10,000 prize was created to honor the best English-language translation of a literary work written in Spanish. More information: https://t.co/t2KI7rfAjM
Back from a very inspiring & productive #writingresidency@vtstudiocenter working on a few #literarytranslation projects including some new poems from 🇪🇨Ecuador and a novel from 🇵🇹Portugal. A big thanks to #VSC and our fab Jan '24 cohort of writers and artists in residence❤️❄️
👋 Farewell to our incredible residency cohort 24-1A! Grateful for the connections, creativity, and growth we've shared. Your impact on VSC is everlasting. Until we meet again, carry these memories! 🙏💙
#VermontStudioCenter#VSC#Farewell
ICYMI: In the latest episode of The Artist’s Statement, we talk with 2023 @nationalbook Award for Fiction winner Justin Torres about his writing life, how he approached his award-winning novel, BLACKOUTS (@fsgbooks 2023), and more. Check it out wherever you find podcasts!
Judged by @IdraNovey, The Kenyon Review Short Fiction Contest is accepting submissions NOW through January 31st.
The winning story will be published in print, and its author is awarded a full scholarship to attend the Kenyon Review Writers Workshops.
https://t.co/CY63NQOT0k
The FLD offers FR>EN and EN>FR certification exam study groups for members. Each month, participants are assigned a practice test and paired up with a study partner with whom they exchange feedback. Message @cschwennsen for more details.
Exciting January at VSC! FREE & OPEN to the PUBLIC at Red Mill Building. Jan 10: Anne Thompson on hybrid artistic practices. Jan 11 & 12: Miciah Bay Gault's reading and craft talk. Jan 24 & 25: Tommye Blount's award-winning poetry. Jan 31: Rosemarie Fiore's pyrotechnic art talk.
I have a poem in the latest issue of POETRY magazine. Also comes with a recording of me reading it — I had a cold at the time I read it.
https://t.co/eG5lfLkU8d
The submissions window is open for WLT’s Student Translation Prize. Students of translation, we want to read your verse and fiction translations!
https://t.co/i16sYbIkDC