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New translation! WHEN YOU GET TO THE OTHER SIDE by Mariana Osorio Gumá - This fall, my first book-length translation was published: When You Get To The Other Side, a novel originally written in Spanish by Mariana Osorio Gumá. It’s a story of familial love, perseverance, and generational wisdom that’s lush with detail and care. I’m particularly pleased that it was published by the Cinco Puntos imprint of Lee …
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On Repeat: Angélica Garcia’s CHA CHA PALACE - I’ve been listening to this album on repeat for a few weeks! It’s got some great scream/sing-along-in-the-car tracks on it, particularly “Jícama” and “I Don’t Believe In Death.” Here’s “Jícama,” but I encourage you to give the whole album a listen on Spotify.
Quotable: Rosario Castellanos, “Hay muchos libros” - “Es verdad. Si se para uno a considerarlo bien, hay muchos libros. Se tropieza uno con ellos a cada paso. Acechan a la vuelta de los más ocultos recovecos; acompañan en el viaje, aunque no se más que el modestísimo del tranvía; entretienen el aburrimiento o la angustia de las salas de espera; templan la …
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Fall 2020: Some Rosario Castellanos-related virtual events - As ever, my ability to keep this blog “up-to-date” is . . . lacking . . . BUT! I wanted to share a couple videos of things I’ve been doing, virtually, during this pandemic autumn. In October, I read my translation to English of one of Rosario Castellanos’s essays, “El zipper: La hora de la …
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On Repeat: Chilango Blues, by Mon Laferte - It’s May 2020, and for more than two months now, to keep each other—loved ones and strangers alike—safe and healthy, we’re all staying inside and avoiding contact as much as possible. I’m in my hometown of El Paso, my one-week trip from early March now in its third month. I feel lucky to have sunshine …
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New translation! An essay by Sandra Barba - “One, two. I count the women I pass on Avenida Insurgentes as I walk to the roundabout. I also pay attention to the men, but that count is different, more rushed. There are lots of them, and to keep up, I have to skip over some numbers, counting in twos or threes. One–three–six–eight. Since I …
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What I’m Reading: THIS LITTLE ART by Kate Briggs - You GUYS, this book! This book is so good! (It’s so good it made me come back to blogging. Whoops, re: the past however many months I’ve not updated this . . . ) Kate Briggs’s This Little Art is a 365-page essay on translation and the relationships it forges and exposes—and it’s so well-written …
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On Repeat: Green Garden, by Laura Mvula - Hi! This is my way of casually coming back to this blog after months of radio silence. Oops. I’m currently living in Mexico City, working on my dissertation thanks to a fellowship from BU. I’ll write some blog posts about it soon, but for now, a song that always brings me some joy: Laura Mvula’s “Green …
What I’m Reading (And Reviewing): EMPTY SET - I should call this blog post “What I Read” because, really, I read this book back in April. But!: At Harvard Review Online, I’ve just published my review of Empty Set, written by Verónica Gerber Bicecci, translated by Christina MacSweeney, and published by the always awesome Coffee House Press. (Above, the scene: a tasty toast, a …
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Quotable: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez - “There is nothing radical about moral clarity in 2018.” -Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democratic Nominee for 2018 House Representative in NY-14 Political news has been pretty horrible lately, folks. But Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s victory in her Democratic primary this week was a huge moment of hope, and we needed hope pretty badly. (Fun fact: she founded the college …
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