Gil Soltz

Yefe Nof California Writing and Core Residency applications open today! **California-based literary agents, Betsy Amster, @dzhyde, and Bonnie Nadell are judging California voices.** This may be your year to get discovered. For details go to yefenof.com/california-wri…

Marta is a remarkable multilingual translator, a reader of tremendous sensitivity. She discovered Pshenychna’s warm, quietly haunting novel of displaced lives quite by chance, and her translation already shines. You don’t want to miss the excerpt when it appears!

Los Angeles Review of Books (@LAReviewofBooks) and Yefe Nof present the third year of their joint translation residency from December 2 to December 16, 2024. Applications will be open to emerging translators who have not yet published a book-length project.

Reminding those of you out there who wanted to apply for the Yefe Nof California Writing Residency, or who have friends and colleagues who wanted to apply: leap year has your back. Midnight PST, February 29 is the deadline.

All of the pressure to perform for audiences worldwide, and with all eyes on her during the Super Bowl national anthem, Taylor Swift, the ubiquitous musical talent, does not mouth the right lines. We are tingling with joy at the imperfection. #SwiftieBowl #forgetwhatyouknow

Breaking: Moontown Walking Travel will make available walking travel guides between venues at the Paris Olympic Games this summer. Instead of relying on public transport or feeling the dread of having no alternative, walk, dialogue, and get inspired. #moontownparis #ParisOlympics

Here we go with some #Inspiration from the Internet - 1987 Willem Dafoe. medium.com/bomb-magazine/…

One of the first finished works in our dialogue: “Fire on the Mojave” by Ruth Nolan Category: Nonfiction Challenge:  Wildland fire practices, effects, and outcomes on the land, ecologies, and human populations For more, go to yefenof.com/fire-on-the-mo…

“Distance, time, and a merited opportunity” are some of the advantages to a Yefe Nof Residency. Consider also that if accepted you will be part of a network, community, and ongoing dialogue. Read this Atlantic article: theatlantic.com/entertainment/… to get rooted. Discuss.

Last winter on the mountain, Yefe Nof got thrashed. We’ve recovered and are letting everyone know that the way to overcome obstacles and hostilities is by uniting around a common theme. For us that theme is dialogue -and we are looking forward to you being a part of it.

@LAReviewofBooks and Yefe Nof send off our 2023 translation resident, @enaselimo, with warm wishes for the beginning of this adventure. We hope you and your translation of Marina Gudelj’s, Phantom Pain, from the original Croatian, benefit from @BorisDralyuk and the wilderness.

Cali 23 wins the inaugural California Mix Tape competition for the Yefe Nof California Writing Residency. Give Ariel Roads Buback’s mix a listen and a heart: open.spotify.com/playlist/2LPcT…. Congratulations @magickariel! You are our Stellar’s DJ 2023.

I could not be more excited to work with Laila Riazi on her already sparkling translation of Etel Adnan’s novella, which surprises us at every turn!

Congratulations to Laila Riazi on edging out the excellent competition and winning the inaugural LARB and Yefe Nof Translation Residency. Everything you should know is on this Los Angeles Review of Books short take: lareviewofbooks.org/short-takes/em…

Emerging Translators: time is running out on the application for the Los Angeles Review of Books and Yefe Nof Translation Residency. A translation and publication opportunity! Apply by September 15. lareviewofbooks.org/events/larb-ye…

Researchers are invited to apply for two-week residencies. Air quality is an example of a major issue on which one could focus. Contact ynr@yefenof.com directly. #Redesign latimes.com/opinion/story/…

The Nilüfer Yanya album, “Painless” should be on your shelves along with works from the Yefe Nof community - this year’s fiction,“Fiona and Jane” by @jeanho and Nonfiction “Overdue: Reckoning with the Public Library” by @aelaineo. Fire. Fire.

Amanda Oliver (Redesign ‘19) is being recognized for her work. Coming out in a few weeks. Preorder now: amandaoliver.com/book