Wendy Call

writer, editor, translator, educator

[Wendy Call @WendyCallWrites]

Mikeas Sánchez (@tsuniyomo) and Shook and I won “Best Fiction Translation” with a book of *poetry* (from @Milkweed_Books ) and that is my best trick this month.

[Full Stop @fullstopmag]

"I did not realize how unusual trilingual publishing was in the US until I started trying to do it."
Don't miss @jack_rockwell1's convo w/ poetry translator @WendyCallWrites on her three new translation projects out in 2024 (@Milkweed_Books @DeepVellum): https://t.co/IWq0tkAihl.

[Full Stop @fullstopmag]

"I am—to be honest—not interested in literature that is not in the interest of social change."
This week in Interviews, @WendyCallWrites + interviewer @jack_rockwell1 discuss Call's latest trilingual poetry translation projects @Milkweed_Books @DeepVellum: https://t.co/IWq0tkAihl

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Seattle friends ~ lovely Entre Ríos Books is hosting an event for me & Portland poet / translator Allison deFreese. A gorgeous venue with delicious food and I would love to see YOU there. Please come!! June 8, food & fun begin at 6 pm; reading at 7 pm, at 733 25th Ave S, Seattle

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Women & non-binary writers who love the outdoors—we have ONE space in our writing & yoga Aug retreat. Come spend 8 days in the Olympic rainforest with an *amazing* group of writers! (50% schol. avail for a BIPOC writer.) Pls spread the word!!
https://t.co/VWAffO38G2

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Very excited to chat with former Carrboro Poet Laureate Fred Joiner & scholar / translator Gustavo Pérez-Firmat about @BstTranslations 2024 from @DeepVellum -- May 7, Chapel Hill, NC!

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Today at / hoy a la 1:30 pm PDT / 2:30 pm hora de México / 3:30 pm CDT / 4:30 pm EDT. Nos vemos allá / See you there! Con /with @IrmaYodo y Mikeas Sánchez. https://t.co/cCkrIC8IzX

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Applications are due Saturday (4/20) for our August 2024 writing / yoga / camping in the woods retreat on the Olympic Peninsula! https://t.co/VWAffO2AQu

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I'm doing BOOK EVENTS in Chapel Hill (NC) & LA & Seattle & NYC & Portland (ME) in the next 2 months. I would be SO grateful if you would spread the word. https://t.co/uIou5JotDy

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Four Events for Three Books Coming Up in the Northeast! https://t.co/hieJQnahMf

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Hey ya'll -- it's pub day! https://t.co/pePiAyreXg

[Deep Vellum @DeepVellum]

Best Literary Translations is a new, annual anthology that celebrates world literatures in English translation and honors the translators who create and literary journals that publish this work.
https://t.co/mWd31rWVbu

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Amigo/a/ues nos vemos el próximo *martes* 16 de abril a las 2:30 pm hora de México en ZOOM para una lectura con las lindas Irma Yodo y Mikeas Sánchez!!

[Wendy Call @WendyCallWrites]

Hope to see you next Tue 4/16 at 4:30 pm EDT / 1:30 pm PDT for a virtual, quadrilingual poetry reading with the amazing Irma Yodo and Mikeas Sánchez. Full English-Spanish interpretation. Please spread the word!

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@rajivmohabir @kayapress Ooh, yes! I just requested that my public library (Seattle) buy it! Many congrats on this wonderful project!

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@FMarymee @RepAdamSmith Exactly!! Rep. Smith, you have done nothing but aid and abet the genocide. Please be clear about what you are doing.

[Wendy Call @WendyCallWrites]

Sign and send, early and often. UNWRA funding ran out today. https://t.co/5UVeEBEp2Z

[Deep Vellum @DeepVellum]

Best Literary Translations is a new, annual anthology that celebrates world literatures in English translation and honors the translators who create and literary journals that publish this work.
https://t.co/mWd31rWVbu

[Wendy Call @WendyCallWrites]

Let's get funding back to UNRWA! Many, many lives depend upon it. https://t.co/UGqr9NPAJY

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Seattle-area peeps ~ Hope to see you on Feb 26 and/or March 14! https://t.co/i8I0FfPfG3 via @madmimi