Ilze Duarte
@ilzeduarte.bsky.social
Writer, PT-EN literary translator | 2024 Sundial House Literary Translation Award | Translations in Words Without Borders, Michigan Quarterly Review, LALT, Asymptote Journal | Author-Member at Betty Books | ilzeduarteliterarytranslator.com
Thank you for the excellent article!
February 11, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Thank you for the excellent article!
From "Flesh and Agony" in the collection The Book of Affects by @mariliaarnaud in my translation, published by Sundial House. You can purchase it from any bookseller--I hope your local bookstore--or from the @columbiaup.bsky.social site (CPU is our distributor).
#brazilianliterature #womenwriters
#brazilianliterature #womenwriters
February 10, 2026 at 8:29 PM
From "Flesh and Agony" in the collection The Book of Affects by @mariliaarnaud in my translation, published by Sundial House. You can purchase it from any bookseller--I hope your local bookstore--or from the @columbiaup.bsky.social site (CPU is our distributor).
#brazilianliterature #womenwriters
#brazilianliterature #womenwriters
I've admired her work for years. Gorgeous!
February 10, 2026 at 4:56 PM
I've admired her work for years. Gorgeous!
Oof! @lumchanmfa.bsky.social's collection is grabbing me in all kinds of ways. I read this very short story multiple times to absorb every bit of it. So good!
#flashcollection #womeninfiction #womenwriters
#flashcollection #womeninfiction #womenwriters
February 9, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Oof! @lumchanmfa.bsky.social's collection is grabbing me in all kinds of ways. I read this very short story multiple times to absorb every bit of it. So good!
#flashcollection #womeninfiction #womenwriters
#flashcollection #womeninfiction #womenwriters
Sorry--I didn't mean to tell you. Only to say I'm sad I can't make it. Is your session going to be recorded?
February 7, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Sorry--I didn't mean to tell you. Only to say I'm sad I can't make it. Is your session going to be recorded?
It coincides with AWP. 😔
February 7, 2026 at 7:29 PM
It coincides with AWP. 😔
Yep. Some parts of it (or all of it, for some) just plain suck(s).
February 7, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Yep. Some parts of it (or all of it, for some) just plain suck(s).
That was my experience too.
February 6, 2026 at 6:05 AM
That was my experience too.
Today seems the day for finding brilliant flash. A tender, beautifully written story by Amalia Mora in @flashfrog.bsky.social.
#flashfiction
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#flashfiction
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The House of Paper Mountains by Amalia Mora
The piles of paper have become mountains in Betty’s house. Some of the papers are stacked into bags that look like boulders, and often they erode and turn into spilled valleys. But they are always …
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February 5, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Today seems the day for finding brilliant flash. A tender, beautifully written story by Amalia Mora in @flashfrog.bsky.social.
#flashfiction
flash-frog.com/2026/01/19/t...
#flashfiction
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This is deliciously poignant and poignantly delicious. Not because I delight in the character's suffering but because @emilyrinkema.bsky.social writes so well. A great read.
#flashfiction
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#flashfiction
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Things That Don’t Matter ~ by Emily Rinkema
It’s our neighbor Manny’s 50th birthday and we are hosting his party even though he has a wife, who is sitting on our couch in her linen overalls laughing at something my husband Leif just said. Sh…
milkcandyreview.home.blog
February 5, 2026 at 6:49 PM
This is deliciously poignant and poignantly delicious. Not because I delight in the character's suffering but because @emilyrinkema.bsky.social writes so well. A great read.
#flashfiction
milkcandyreview.home.blog/2026/02/05/t...
#flashfiction
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Can you respond with a piece of fiction or prose that has touched you particularly? I want to share Trying to Balance from @demisty.bsky.social's collection All Daughters Are Awesome Everywhere. DeMisty conveys so much tension and emotion in this story.
#literaturethatmovesus
#thepowerofliterature
#literaturethatmovesus
#thepowerofliterature
February 4, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Can you respond with a piece of fiction or prose that has touched you particularly? I want to share Trying to Balance from @demisty.bsky.social's collection All Daughters Are Awesome Everywhere. DeMisty conveys so much tension and emotion in this story.
#literaturethatmovesus
#thepowerofliterature
#literaturethatmovesus
#thepowerofliterature
Will you let us know what you think of each of these works?
January 31, 2026 at 7:44 AM
Will you let us know what you think of each of these works?
Thrilled to have a translation in this volume!
#DeepVellum #besttranslations #Brazilianliterature #literatureintranslation
#DeepVellum #besttranslations #Brazilianliterature #literatureintranslation
January 30, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Thrilled to have a translation in this volume!
#DeepVellum #besttranslations #Brazilianliterature #literatureintranslation
#DeepVellum #besttranslations #Brazilianliterature #literatureintranslation
You are on fire! (No surprise there, but I like to say it.)
January 30, 2026 at 6:36 PM
You are on fire! (No surprise there, but I like to say it.)
Don't forget to write reviews of the WTAW Press books you've read. They make a big difference!
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#WTAWPress #supportsmallpresses #postyourbookreviews
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If you’re curled up with a WTAW Press book, we’d love to hear what you think. Reviews—on Instagram, Goodreads, Amazon, Bookshop—make a real difference for small presses and the writers we publish.
If you’re curled up with a WTAW Press book, we’d love to hear what you think. Reviews—on Instagram, Goodreads, Amazon, Bookshop—make a real difference for small presses and the writers we publish.
January 29, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Don't forget to write reviews of the WTAW Press books you've read. They make a big difference!
#WTAWPress #supportsmallpresses #postyourbookreviews
#WTAWPress #supportsmallpresses #postyourbookreviews
Powerful! Thank you, DeMisty! ❤️
January 26, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Powerful! Thank you, DeMisty! ❤️
An ARC of Springtime in the Bones by Brazilian author Alex Leilla, translated by Amanda Sarasien. The book and my review will be coming out in March.
January 24, 2026 at 12:00 AM
An ARC of Springtime in the Bones by Brazilian author Alex Leilla, translated by Amanda Sarasien. The book and my review will be coming out in March.
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WTAW titles are classroom-ready and work beautifully across literature seminars, creative writing workshops, gender studies, and more.
Learn more at wtawpress.org or with the link in our bio!
#WTawPress #SmallPressLove #LiteraryCommunity
January 23, 2026 at 11:42 PM
The writing is gorgeous and gripping.
January 8, 2026 at 12:32 AM
The writing is gorgeous and gripping.
Matrix, The Vaster Wilds, The Remembered Soldier, The Postcard, An Unnecessary Woman.
Unnecessary
Unnecessary
January 7, 2026 at 6:27 AM
Matrix, The Vaster Wilds, The Remembered Soldier, The Postcard, An Unnecessary Woman.
Unnecessary
Unnecessary