Shuchi

Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1) Hungarian Literature
2) Knot Theory
3) Balkan Cinema
4) Japanese
5) Computer Graphics

2025 ALTA x SALT translation mentee Shuchi Agrawal wrote a thoughtful essay about her experience attending the ALTA conference and participating in SALT programming at the University of Chicago!

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South Asian girl in a black sleeveless dress at a wooden podium with a sign that reads “ALTA”

A group photo where translators stand in three rows

Two smiling women, one wearing a pink scarf or dupatta with black and white attire on the right and one in a black dress on the left

Very grateful to @littranslate.bsky.social, @kelsivanada.bsky.social, and my brilliant, kind, and generous mentor @shreedaisy.bsky.social for my translation mentorship this year. Here are a few photos from our readings at Tucson last week.

Our second reading from our translation mentorships are tonight in Chicago!!

Excited and a bit emotional. This has been a big year and a great opportunity.

Thank you, Natasha!! I’m sorry for missing this. Will be coming soon, would love to meet.

I’m reading for a mag I’ve been reading since college. Send us your work 💌

Thank you 💗 after reading this mag for so many years, especially excited to work with you all

Thank you, sarah 🫶

Poet Eilish Martin (middle), Natasha of Macha Press (left), and an unpictured Macha Press member holding an illustrated accordion book open beneath a chandelier, before a podium for James Joyce Centre

Lovely to see Eilish Martin and Sam Furlong read from their gorgeous collections for Bloomsday. Always a delight seeing letterpress and concrete poetry, especially hand in hand @machapress.bsky.social

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Crossing the Water by Sylvia Plath (paperback), on a red table top

Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck (paperback) on a red table top

Now reading two serendipitous finds. #1 put up by library staff. #2 a strong rec by @sheevaangii.bsky.social

Thrilled to be part of this mentee cohort 🙌🏼

Aww, thank you! This is a snippet from one (friend’s memories are blanked out for privacy). It’s a fun way to stay in touch.

David Lynch

Francis Bacon in his studio

Angelo Badalamenti in a Pink Room

Surrealist icons who’ve inspired so many. RIP David Lynch. And Bacon, Badalamenti, and the many echoes carrying through him.

Still remember reading this absolute beauty in college and then writing alternating I remembers with many of my friends in our little Google Docs. Interweaving memories.

Reposting from Insta

a boutique with a storefront shaped like a snake’s open mouth with fangs, encasing an entrance consisting of two glass doors. reflection of a girl in a blue dress in the glass doors.

reflection of a girl in a blue dress in a wooden mirror in some foyer, with a noticeboard hovering near her head

Nagini and the Looking Glass at Kala Ghoda. A brief segue from an animation conference earlier this year.