Two Lines Press

Unbound Translations: A Listening Party

Bay Area! Join us and @litquake.org on Oct. 17 @ 6:30 pm at CounterPulse for a listening party debuting 3 audio lit in translation adaptations.This guided event features Camilo Garzón and special guests, Noelle de la Paz, Monica Cure, and Amanda Nazareno. RSVP: www.catranslation.org/event/litqua...

Litquake: Hair on Fire event in San Francisco

Bay Area! Join us and @litquake.org on Oct. 11 @ 7 pm at Telegraph Hill Books to celebrate the release of HAIR ON FIRE. This collection of 5 female Afghan Poets is a blazing tribute and a reminder of what we lose when voices are silenced. RSVP: www.catranslation.org/event/litqua...

The Watchlist: September 2025 - Words Without Borders This International Translation Day, Tobias Carroll recommends poetry by Afghan women, fiction from Croatia and Mozambique, and more.

I have a new rundown of recent books in translation up at @wwborders.bsky.social!

No Edges: Swahili Stories Swahili Stories

NO EDGES: SWAHILI STORIES (@twolinespress.bsky.social) is on our #TranslationMonth reading list!

These eight stories from East African writers feature “tales of sorcerers, Nairobi junkyards, cross-country bus rides, and spaceships that blast prisoners into eternity”: bookshop.org/p/books/no-e...

SLEEP PHASE Mohamed Kheir

In SLEEP PHASE, Mohamed Kheir “uses his characters’ ever-shifting perception of their surroundings to probe the truths around globalization and its consequences.”

A @twolinespress.bsky.social novel (transl. by Robin Moger) from our #TranslationMonth list: www.catranslation.org/shop/book/sl...

If you signed up before 9/21, during our membership drive, you will receive a tote as a monthly member!

Thank you for helping us reach our goal of 75 new Two Line Press memberships which helps us cover 50% of our printing costs for an entire year! We have a few tote bags left, and you can still get one if you sign up as an annual member (U.S. based only!) ...while supplies last!

Queen of Swords by Jazmina Barrera translated by Christina Macsweeny In what was at first meant to be a short essay about the influential Mexican writer Elena Garro (1916-1988), Jazmina Barrera's deep curiosity and exploration give us a singular portrait of a complex life.

Queen of Swords is less a biography & more the record of Jazmina Barrera being haunted by the ghost/spirit/idea of Mexican author Elena Garro. Told in weaving vignettes drawn from deep research in Garro's archives, you'll probably feel haunted by the end too. Out on 11/11

Cigarettes Until Tomorrow: Romanian Poetry (Calico Series, 10) In , eight Romanian poets use black humor searing contemporary language to make everyday scenes profound. Tanks invade while soccer games go down to the last minute. There are lonely cemeteries and ...

Finished reading the #poetry anthology "Cigarettes Until Tomorrow: Romanian Poetry."
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This was just exceptional...except for the fact that none of the contributors have books in English I can get. Ah well.
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Jay Boss Rubin on Rosa Mistika with Annmarie Drury | Center for the Art of Translation | Two Lines Press City Lights welcomes Jay Boss Rubin to read from his translation of Rosa Mistika by Euphrase Kezilahabi, a banned Swahili classic finally in English.

One week from today at @citylightsbooks.bsky.social in San Francisco: "Celebrating Euphrase Kezilahabi," presented by @catranslation.org / @twolinespress.bsky.social. I'll be reading from ROSA MISTIKA and conversing w/ the endlessly thoughtful Annmarie Drury :) www.catranslation.org/event/jay-bo...

Brooklyn! Hope to see you today at booth #626 at the @bkbookfest.bsky.social! We've got translated literature and you can walk away with brand new tote for your book haul if you sign up for our membership today: www.catranslation.org/books/member...

Exclusive Interview: "Hair On Fire" Editor Sarah Coolidge ... . Exclusive Interview: "Hair On Fire: Afghan Women Poets" Editor Sarah Coolidge \ In which she talks about this poetry collection.

As the name suggests, the new #poetry anthology "Hair On Fire: Afghan Women Poets" presents #poems by women from a country where they haven't always been allowed to write. Here's the link to my interview with "Fire" editor Sarah Coolidge.
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Come see us this Sunday at booth #626 at the @bkbookfest.bsky.social! We'll have our latest books, backlist favorites, and...our brand new membership tote bag available for anyone who joins as a Two Lines Press member! www.catranslation.org/books/member...

*Please note the keynote with Jhumpa Lahiri and Katie Kitamura is SOLD OUT and will not be livestreamed or recorded.

Day of Translation 2025 Sept. 18, 2025, Noon-7 PM at The Center for Fiction in Brooklyn, NY

Join us TODAY for the DAY OF TRANSLATION 2025 at The Center for Fiction in Brooklyn, NY. Free in-person or virtual registration open now for our three 12-5 pm panels. The first 3 events will be livestream and video links will be emailed to everyone who registered a couple of weeks after the event.

Want to expand your view of world literature in ways you couldn't previous have guessed at? Join as a Two Lines Press member by 9/21 and receive a brand new tote bag and a year's worth of books that come highly praised by @themountaingoats.bsky.social! www.catranslation.org/books/member...

Through the mail slot today. Grace Period by Maria Judite de Carvalho,
translated from the Portuguese by
Margaret Jull Costa. www.catranslation.org/shop/book/gr... @catranslation.org @twolinespress.bsky.social

Grace Period by Maria Judite de Carvalho, translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa

GRACE PERIOD by the wonderful Maria Judite de Carvalho, translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa @twolinespress.bsky.social

Some thoughts from me on the novella here (and on Goodreads). Many thanks to Two Lines for the ARC!

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Amazing--Thank you!!

What’s New in Translation: September 2025 - Asymptote Blog New publications from Palestine, Afghanistan, Italy, Senegal, France, Belgium, Serbia, Russia, Poland, and Kyrgyzstan!

"In focusing only on five poets, Hair on Fire brings their stature into focus, recognizing these writers’ place in a global, feminist canon. You could never make me believe that poetry has no meaningful effect—not when collections like this exist." www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2025/09...

Works in Progress: 2025 NEA Translation Fellows Conversation Series | Center for the Art of Translation | Two Lines Press Join us to celebrate the 2025 National Endowment for the Arts Translation Fellows in a series of conversations about their award-winning projects, which span 17 different languages across 21 countries...

Starting next Friday! Join me and the other incredible 2025 NEA Translation Fellows as we share a glimpse of our projects across five Friday Zooms. Register here to tune into the whole series: www.catranslation.org/event/works-...

Day of Translation 2025 Sept. 18, 2025, Noon-7 PM at The Center for Fiction in Brooklyn, NY

We're 1 week away from DAY OF TRANSLATION 2025! Join us on 9/18 at The Center for Fiction in Brooklyn, NY. Free in-person or virtual registration open now for our three 12-5 pm panels. *Please note the keynote with Jhumpa Lahiri and Katie Kitamura is SOLD OUT.

75 new memberships covers 50% of our printing costs for an entire year! We only need 50 more new members by 9/21 to meet our goal! Join us or gift a Membership by 9/21 and receive this sweet CAT tote as a BONUS 🎁 @catranslation.org. www.catranslation.org/books/member...

We're 5 days into our Member Drive! There's no better time to join as a Two Lines Press member! We have a brand new tote for you, and a slate of incredible forthcoming books this fall, starting with SEA NOW by Eva Meijer, tr. Anne Thompson Melo! Join by 9/21! www.catranslation.org/books/member...

Delighted to share that THE QUEEN OF SWORDS by Jazmina Barrera, out soon in English with @twolinespress.bsky.social (tr. Christina MacSweeney), was longlisted for the National Book Award for Translated Literature—congratulations! 🎉

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Congratulations to Two Lines authors & translators Jazmina Barrera, Christina MacSweeney, Mohamed Kheir, and Robin Moger 🎉

Sleep Phase and The Queen of Swords are both longlisted for the 2025 National Book Award for Translated Literature. 📚 www.catranslation.org/books/#displ...

Join by 9/21 and get the CAT tote + Eva Meijer's novel SEA NOW, translated by Anne Thompson Melo as your 1st book. A book on what happens when the delicate balance of nature tips in favor of the sea 🚣‍♀️ 📙 .
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Two Lines Press members are crucial supporters of our mission as the nonprofit publishing program of @catranslation.org. For $150/year or $14/month, you can help us publish groundbreaking lit in translation. 75 new members will help us cover 50% of our printing costs for a year's worth of books!

The Center for Translation (CAT) tote bag pictured with four upcoming Two Lines Press titles. Miao!

Today until 9/21, all NEW Two Lines Press members will receive the new CAT @catranslation.org tote bag! A membership gets you early access (w/ free U.S. shipping included) for all our books (8-10/year), plus exclusive member gifts. Join us! www.catranslation.org/books-member...

We're hiring! The Center for the Art of Translation is hiring a Campaign Manager & Major Gifts Officer and a Communications Assistant.

We're hiring a temporary, part-time Operations Assistant. This is an in-person role that supports the day-to-day operations of our San Francisco office and keeps our accounts, book memberships, and programs running smoothly. Apply by 9/22. www.catranslation.org/about/opport...