Hannah Lund

AI is taking on live translations. But jobs and meaning are getting lost. New artificial intelligence-driven capabilities are expected to accelerate the shift from translation done by humans to machines.

Pleased to talk with WaPo tech writer @danielleabril.bsky.social about the impact of the AI boom on the translation world. This International Translation Day, let’s take a moment to appreciate all that translation does to foster human connection. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Opinion | The end of writing and reading will be the end of freedom Why graduation season is so heartening to me.

“I believe that in the realm of literature we are, each of us, free. Free to imagine, to invent, to change our minds, to travel through time, across space, to feel and experience the full breadth of ourselves, and […] to step into the mind of another.”

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This is also the first queer piece I’ve published — and hopefully not the last! Grateful to be included in the anthology!

GARLAND — fifth wheel press

Very excited to see that Garland is out, featuring a piece I wrote musing on bao and asexuality. Thanks to the editors for their hard work! Enjoy 😊 fifthwheelpress.com/garland

Breaking News: Barbie Eats Trump During Baltimore Pride Fest by Chrissy Stegman What else was left for her to do? Giant in pink, her laughter clanging down Charles Street like bells rung wild to the dystopian melody. She was a blaze in glorious sequins. Swirls through the crow…

Love this 😍

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The Best Villains in Literature Bracket Welcome to Literary Hub’s inaugural Ides of March Madness bracket: The Best Villains in Literature. Everyone loves a good villain—at least when they’re safely fictional—but which litera…

This might be my favorite thing 😍 Be sure to read the blurbs and vote for the first round! lithub.com/the-best-vil...

Call for submissions for an aroace themed volume! Deadline Feb. 14 with @esichr.bsky.social, the absolute gem of a writer, at the helm. Can’t wait to see the final product!
#amwriting #litmag #writing

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Thanks for compiling this! I’m actually going to be in Chicago this summer so I’ll have to check it out :)

How a Green Snake Became a Feminist Symbol in China In early tellings of “Legend of the White Snake,” Green Snake was a sideshow. Now she’s the star.

Well, well, another Year of the Snake!

Gosh I was so obsessed with this tale before moving to China back in 2012, and I still remember watching “Green Snake” with a friend—both of us Snakes, both of us yearning to be somehow both green and white snake at once.

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“sometimes you said goodnight
I understood that it was not for me”

Such a treat, always, to read thoughtful works like these in translation!

Thanks!

“They will try to argue if they issue him a waiver that he is too rich to be corrupted,” said Mr. Shaub, who was critical of Mr. Trump during his first term. “But the problem with that argument is that it’s a declaration that the wealthy are above the criminal law.” Chilling.

Making the move over to BlueSky! Recommendations or advice welcome :) Stay healthy and hydrated everyone!