Horrifying story that confirms earlier reporting about torture of Palestinian hostages being held by Israel, including cases of severe injury and death, people blindfolded and in diapers held on stretchers. They include injured patients abducted by Israel. theguardian.com/world/article/…

Blushing over here

Oh my god, my heart dropped.

This is epistemicide. These aren't just books; they are part of one's identity, preserving knowledge, culture, and history. Destroying them erases entire worlds and silences voices that define who Palestinians are and their roots

olika sätt amerikaner skriver mitt efternamn när jag bokstaverar det på telefon: joseffon (vanligast), jofeson, joseffeson

'Palestine lived, Palestine lives, Palestine will live'

The slow slow slow slow movement of push and protest against our murderous governments and every day the horrors continue.

Congrats to Jenny Erpenbeck and Michael Hofmann, and thank you London (especially Ella and Ollie!) for taking such good care of us!

Last night we started the countdown to the International The Booker Prizes with an incredibly special evening Southbank Centre, enjoying readings from all the shortlistees, including our own Ia Genberg and Kira Josefsson. Roll on Tuesday! ✨

#InternationalBooker2024 shortlisted author Ia Genberg and translator Kira Josefsson (Kira Josefsson) discuss whether any of this semi-autobiographical novel is based on real people or events and why getting emotionally invested is the key to a great translation.

the real number is so much higher than 40k that it scares me to even think about. israel destroyed the ministries and infrastructure that were keeping track of the killed and wounded. we’ve been seeing the 30-40k number since december.

This poem by Judith, translated by The Booker Prizes nominee Kira Josefsson , is excerpted from the collection “O”—a retelling of Shakespeare’s “Othello” (@worldpoetrybook). Read it on WWB: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article/2…

Cop to student ratio is the new faculty to student ratio

A poem from Judith Kiros’s O, out in my translation from World Poetry Books in September. Thank you WordsWithoutBorders for giving “Swedish for Immigrants” a home! wordswithoutborders.org/read/article/2…

Ia on writing intense relationships; me on whether or not the translator should keep a 'professional distance' to the text... plus some stuff about translation and AI!

Come for the mixed metaphor, stay for the gushing about Ia’s prose, which, yes, has both good bones and strong seams.

I love all my “tall in the USA” friends (5’9)

calling for a present and a future in which, as Gwendolyn Brooks once wrote, 'we are each other's / business: / we are each other's / magnitude and bond.' (9/9)