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Hello world! I’m traveling and I’ve got several readings coming up. I’ll be in Oslo 17th-21st, then NYC til’ the 27th, then PHILLY for the foreseeable future.
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Jordan Barger
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Jordan Barger
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Literary Translator. Sigbjørn Obstfelder, Yahya Hassan, Tor Ulven et alia Published translations in bio link \/
Philadelphia, PA Katılım Temmuz 2010
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Translation is a lot of getting mad at clunky, common words like “furniture” and “something”
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Filmmaking is a lot of standing around in parking lots
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@neonpajamas @DeepVellum @smithigans_wake Heckkk yeah. Gotta say that me and David are about to bring a whole wave of amazing Norwegian books
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@PersonalRecords @DeepVellum @smithigans_wake There's a great deep dive on the Three Percent Podcast & I've been eager to crack it open ever since listening
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@gregorymconway the people crave the celestial blue pork rind
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Just did a radio interview where I got asked what out of print book of Nordic Literature most needs a reissue… its Replacement by Tor Ulven.
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@filet_o_calvin it’s just just that that’s what it’s saying considering computers only think in binary
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really love ms word’s absolute refusal to believe i want to use the same word twice in a row for any reason whatsoever
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Elated to bring this haunting masterpiece into English. For fans of Death Stranding, Cormac McCarthy and True Detective Season 1, this one will stay with you
The Bookseller@thebookseller
Picador has acquired Cadavers by Russian author Aleksei Polyarinov, translated by Marianna Suleymanova, an "eerie and unforgettable story about how we become desensitised to atrocity" 👇 ebx.sh/u5fBRW
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Just please do not read books we Norwegians call «kiosklitteratur».
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There is no shame in doing a little bit of entertainment reading.
Alex & Books 📚@AlexAndBooks_
President Theodore Roosevelt on reading for enjoyment: “Personally, the books by which I have profited infinitely more than by any others have been those in which profit was a by-product of the pleasure; that is, I read them because I enjoyed them, because I liked reading them, and the profit came in as part of the enjoyment.”
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Miss Translation returns! Bela Shayevich on measuring “mistranslation,” assonance that won’t quit, two upcoming live events, and—of course—a new puzzle. nplusonemag.com/online-only/on…
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Loved talking to WHYY about literary translation & Philadelphia & my brilliant friends🖤📚🦅
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Philly has a cozy community of translators who translate from many different languages, opening up texts from other countries and cultures for English speakers. via @billy_penn bit.ly/4u7O7Kw
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@DreamRedo @jimineuropa It sure is. That one took me three months and I’ve been very cagey about showing it cus it was so much work
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>I'm searching for English translation of Grochowiak's "Prayer"
> Gemini references as similar Bursa's "A thanksgiving prayer with a reproach" ("You didn't make me... Thank you for that Lord. But why did you make a Pole?") 😅 Tbh both are kind of rebels. I should really come+
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Today on @lithub you can read my essay about how learning and teaching languages has informed my sensibilities as a writer:
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@gwriting_plug @AHallbergAuthor Yes these accounts are jokes to get attention
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@PersonalRecords @AHallbergAuthor is this supposed to be a joke?
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I would love it if I could send some copies of In my Arms this week 😀. I am speedy and reliable.
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Finished this yesterday.
Fantastic book. The best one in the Morning Star series, right behind The School of Night (not really a Morning Star book, though).
Looking forward to the end of this year, when the 7th and last novel of the series gets published.
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