I reviewed The Novices of Lerna by Ángel Bonomini, a surreal collection originally published in Argentina in 1972 and now translated to English. Check it out!

I wrote about translating Ángel Bonomini for Literary Hub. Thank you Emily Firetog for the edits! lithub.com/the-secret-mas…

Jordan Landsman on translating the forgotten Argentine writer Ángel Bonomini: “Even if my translation were to somehow succeed in making Bonomini a household name, ‘secret master’ would still be a fitting title for him.” lithub.com/the-secret-mas…

The début English translation of an Argentine masterpiece: The Novices of Lerna by Ángel Bonomini, translated by Jordan Landsman and published by Transit Books ! youtube.com/watch?v=6IZM5m… #booktwitter #booktube #literature #read #bookrec

For this week’s The New Yorker issue, I attended Knicks all star Julius Randle’s son Kyden’s peewee basketball game. I hope this offers some next-morning solace to those mourning last night’s loss. 🧡💙 newyorker.com/magazine/2024/…

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No puede ser.

Of fartinalia and an intergalactic blast! Coverage of #pb and #chapterbook translations by Lizzie Davis, Jordan Landsman and @sophietimes 👇

“Ángel Bonomini’s stories are timeless—deliberately and emphatically so.... Even the darkest ones have a distinct sweetness of tone, and a fair number are flower- and star-bedecked.” —Natasha Wimmer go.nybooks.com/4bUVryX

For Buenos Aires Herald, I wrote a little about a forgotten "master" of Argentine fantastic literature and an impressive new translation of his work by my guy Jordan Landsman buenosairesherald.com/culture-ideas/…

Strong Dream

It’s enough already

"This is not a humanitarian crisis, Kate, and I'm going to say it very clearly for your viewers to hear: This is genocide [...] Media agencies will have reckon with their major role in the genocide." -- Dr. Tanya Haj-Hassan to CNN

Gracias a Luciano Lamberti for letting me translate this joya and to Asymptote Journal for publishing it!

A beautiful, clarifying essay about The Novices of Lerna by the legendary Alberto Manguel, who worked alongside Ángel Bonomini in 1970s Buenos Aires the-tls.co.uk/literature/fic…

For The Nation, I wrote a little about the International Monsters' Ball that took place in Buenos Aires this week thenation.com/article/politi…

Food for thought

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Many thanks to Rafael Romero for letting me translate his story, to t for giving me his copy of Ni hermosa ni maldita, and to LatAmLitToday for publishing it!