Shelley Frisch

Translator fr German, translation activist. Latest translation: Thomas Meyer's HANNAH ARENDT: A LIFE OF THE MIND to be published by Penguin in August.

[Shelley Frisch @shelfrisch]

@daniel_dsj2110 @planetdenken I’m clearly biased, but: Reiner Stach’s 3-volume biography of Kafka.

[Aaron Wiener @aaronwiener]

The Iran war is reverberating around the globe in so much unexpected ways.

I wrote about one possible effect for @NOTUSreports: that the war could give a big boost to the far right in Europe.

https://t.co/ppfm3yKDKx

[Shelley Frisch @shelfrisch]

@DrDavidVernon So far I’ve read this one and his Infatuations, both magnificent.

[Shelley Frisch @shelfrisch]

Congratulations to all five shortlisted translators for this year's Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize! https://t.co/mL8Pq7qy5c

[Shelley Frisch @shelfrisch]

In Berlin next week? Aaron Wiener (aka my son) is giving a lecture at the Freie Universität on the current media upheaval in Germany and the United States: https://t.co/SB0OULxEAB

[penguinpress @penguinpress]

A thinker for our time.

Hannah Arendt by Thomas Meyer, translated by @shelfrisch, reexamines one of the most influential political minds of the twentieth century. On sale 8/11.

Learn more: https://t.co/mBLrymhIIa... #HannahArendt

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

🚨HOLY SH*T: Mark Kelly just showed Tulsi Gabbard a Trump email to donors promising he’d let them in national security briefings for cash.

"Do you think (his) supporters should be able to pay and receive private national security briefings?"

Gabbard: …

[Jeremy Barr @jeremymbarr]

The timing of those Washington Post foreign staff cuts…

[Shelley Frisch @shelfrisch]

@CarlosNYT @joumana_khatib @nytimesbooks @PoliticsProse Bittersweet farewell. I was there, in solidarity with and appreciation of all of you. My son was Berlin bureau chief, also shuttered this month. What a (pointless) shame, and what a loss for all of us readers, for the field of journalism, and for the direction of this country.

[Luce @lucyshow11]

Did you ever watch this episode of the Twilght Zone, “Mannequin”? It was said that this was Rod Sterling’s favorite episode. 🔥

[Shelley Frisch @shelfrisch]

@mviser My son (Berlin bureau chief at @wapo) and hundreds of other journalists were let go in this fit of idiocy. With whatever bare-bones coverage of the news is left there, who's going to read this paper?

[Ashley Parker @AshleyRParker]

Yesterday, I was wet-eyed (obvi) on the Metro, wearing my Post beanie (obvi), and a woman, a stranger, leaned over and hugged me.

Which is to say: The entire city understands the scope of this devastating tragedy… https://t.co/6FFJCTobSS

[Aaron Wiener @aaronwiener]

Unfortunately the Washington Post has decided to eliminate its Berlin bureau and with it my job. It's been the honor and adventure of a lifetime to be Berlin bureau chief, even if just for 6 months.

So many great journalists have lost their jobs today. It's a dark day.

[Pranshu Verma @pranshuverma_]

.@JeffBezos, for nearly a century, The Washington Post's foreign correspondents have been on the frontlines of war, uprisings and global crises. I'm proud to be a foreign correspondent for the paper, and we urge you to keep investing in the international report. #SaveThePost

[Noirchick In Old Hollywood @Noirchick1]

The one and only Tallulah Bankhead was born 1/31/1902 - after a lifetime of theatre and film, she played Herself best in an episode in 1957 on the Lucille Ball/Desi Arnaz show....

[Washington Post Guild @PostGuild]

Layoffs are not a business strategy.
We have the proof, @JeffBezos. 🧵

#SaveThePost

[Siobhán O'Grady @siobhan_ogrady]

Hi @JeffBezos. We will never forget your support for our essential work documenting the war in Ukraine, which still rages. Your wife has called our team “badass beacons of hope.” We risk our lives for the stories our readers demand. Please believe in us and #SaveThePost.

[Shelley Frisch @shelfrisch]

@elie_foube16925 I'm now translating @martinmitt 's (Martin Mittelmeier's) HEIMWEH IM PARADIES for @PrincetonUPress, the story of Thomas Mann's life in Pacific Palisades, California. A fitting follow-up to the books you're now immersed in.

[Aaron Wiener @aaronwiener]

I've spent a lot of time in the past couple of weeks with members of Parliament from Germany's right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, learning just how deep the ties are that the AfD is forming with the Trump administration:

https://t.co/Fw8bel6aPw

[Shelley Frisch @shelfrisch]

"They wuh"-- one of the great lines in cinematic history.

[Every Movie Plug @everymovieplug]

The way she says I'm positive 🤣🤣