Maggie
@maggievelvet.bsky.social
education at Words Without Borders
• translator (FR-EN) • overcaffeinated (she/her/elle)
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• translator (FR-EN) • overcaffeinated (she/her/elle)
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Maggie
@maggievelvet.bsky.social
· Feb 21
Educators, WWB Campus’s new free Caribbean lit unit is live! It features 21 works from all over the region with tons of resources and lesson ideas—and we couldn’t be more excited to share it with you. Learn more: https://buff.ly/417PF9Y
It’s finally here!! 21 works from 7 countries and territories across the Caribbean, with more than half of them published bilingually. I hope you’ll click around and explore the hundreds of linked learning resources and dozens of lesson plans in the unit. Honored to have helped this together 💚
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RIP to David Bellos whose book Is That a Fish in Your Ear?: Translation and the Meaning of Everything massively contributed to me wanting to become a literary translator. When I was writing my own book about translation, I kept in mind how funny and accessible his book was.
October 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
RIP to David Bellos whose book Is That a Fish in Your Ear?: Translation and the Meaning of Everything massively contributed to me wanting to become a literary translator. When I was writing my own book about translation, I kept in mind how funny and accessible his book was.
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Whenever anyone says how much of the U.S. economy is tied to AI right now, I'm like...damn, what if a single rich person had any idea other than "try to zero out labor costs through theft."
October 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Whenever anyone says how much of the U.S. economy is tied to AI right now, I'm like...damn, what if a single rich person had any idea other than "try to zero out labor costs through theft."
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OH WOW! Congratulations to our contributor, László Krasznahorkai, for winning the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature!!! 😍🥳
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László Krasznahorkai - Words Without Borders
László Krasznahorkai is the recipient of the 2019 National Book Award for Translated Literature, the 2015 Man Booker International Prize, and the 2013 Best Translated Book Award in Fiction.
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October 9, 2025 at 11:02 AM
OH WOW! Congratulations to our contributor, László Krasznahorkai, for winning the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature!!! 😍🥳
wordswithoutborders.org/.../view/lsz...
wordswithoutborders.org/.../view/lsz...
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Hey, maybe Barnard can invite some of the pro-Palestinian students they expelled to come back to campus to speak! /s
September 17, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Hey, maybe Barnard can invite some of the pro-Palestinian students they expelled to come back to campus to speak! /s
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If I were editing a college president’s guest essay about the importance of colleges hosting “difficult speakers,” I would ask her to clarify how her argument squares with her history of expelling students for protesting, and why speakers should be treated better than her own students.
September 17, 2025 at 12:50 PM
If I were editing a college president’s guest essay about the importance of colleges hosting “difficult speakers,” I would ask her to clarify how her argument squares with her history of expelling students for protesting, and why speakers should be treated better than her own students.
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As kids return to school, another mass shooting has stolen young lives.
Children shouldn’t fear their classrooms. Teachers shouldn’t risk their lives. Parents shouldn’t wonder if their kids will come home.
We are the only country with more guns than people—and this is the devastating result.
Children shouldn’t fear their classrooms. Teachers shouldn’t risk their lives. Parents shouldn’t wonder if their kids will come home.
We are the only country with more guns than people—and this is the devastating result.
Multiple victims in Minneapolis Catholic school shooting and suspect reportedly dead
Multiple victims in Minneapolis Catholic school shooting and suspect reportedly dead
Local hospital says five children have been admitted as Minnesota governor says state police are on the scene
Police responded to an active shooter incident at a Catholic school in south Minneapolis on Wednesday, with sources confirming there are multiple victims and that the shooter is now dead.
Crews at the scene reported seeing a large number of ambulances, according to CBS. Sources told ABC News that there are multiple victims from a shooting that took place during morning drop-off at Annunciation Catholic school in Minneapolis. Continue reading...
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August 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
As kids return to school, another mass shooting has stolen young lives.
Children shouldn’t fear their classrooms. Teachers shouldn’t risk their lives. Parents shouldn’t wonder if their kids will come home.
We are the only country with more guns than people—and this is the devastating result.
Children shouldn’t fear their classrooms. Teachers shouldn’t risk their lives. Parents shouldn’t wonder if their kids will come home.
We are the only country with more guns than people—and this is the devastating result.
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JUST IN: At least six children are being treated following a Minneapolis school shooting at Annunciation Catholic School.
At least six children are being treated following a Minneapolis school shooting
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said he was "praying for our kids and teachers whose first week of school was marred by this horrific act of violence." The shooting occurred at Annunciation Catholic School.
n.pr
August 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
JUST IN: At least six children are being treated following a Minneapolis school shooting at Annunciation Catholic School.
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Anyone who knows the first thing about literary translation knows that direct translations are often impossible, and that creative, nuanced, sympathetic solutions must be found due to unfamiliar idioms, imagery, rhyming schemes, etc while balancing author motifs and style. AI simply can't do that.
Writers! Note that AI translation (under the guise of "global access") is being seen/used as the weak point to get AI into publishing (possible bc Eng lang publishing is weak on translation). Stand with translators & for more human translation, fairly paid!
The founders of independent publisher Bloodhound Books have launched a new AI fiction translation service, Globescribe.ai 👇 #BookSky
July 7, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Anyone who knows the first thing about literary translation knows that direct translations are often impossible, and that creative, nuanced, sympathetic solutions must be found due to unfamiliar idioms, imagery, rhyming schemes, etc while balancing author motifs and style. AI simply can't do that.
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Writers! Note that AI translation (under the guise of "global access") is being seen/used as the weak point to get AI into publishing (possible bc Eng lang publishing is weak on translation). Stand with translators & for more human translation, fairly paid!
The founders of independent publisher Bloodhound Books have launched a new AI fiction translation service, Globescribe.ai 👇 #BookSky
Bloodhound Books founders launch AI fiction translation company
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July 7, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Writers! Note that AI translation (under the guise of "global access") is being seen/used as the weak point to get AI into publishing (possible bc Eng lang publishing is weak on translation). Stand with translators & for more human translation, fairly paid!
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"GOOD FUCKING RIDDANCE"
June 25, 2025 at 2:26 AM
"GOOD FUCKING RIDDANCE"
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Congratulations to the 13 brave women who risked their careers and reputations to stand up to Cuomo’s sexual predation
June 25, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Congratulations to the 13 brave women who risked their careers and reputations to stand up to Cuomo’s sexual predation
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I wouldn't want to be the gas pedal on the car Andrew Cuomo drives back to his home not in New York City tonight.
June 25, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I wouldn't want to be the gas pedal on the car Andrew Cuomo drives back to his home not in New York City tonight.
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you know, on the evidence, "pundit" is a title you just sort of give yourself and then talk like you earned it. on these grounds: I've seen enough. I'm calling the race for Mamdani
June 23, 2025 at 10:07 PM
you know, on the evidence, "pundit" is a title you just sort of give yourself and then talk like you earned it. on these grounds: I've seen enough. I'm calling the race for Mamdani
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Nino Sarratore has endorsed Andrew Cuomo
June 23, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Nino Sarratore has endorsed Andrew Cuomo
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Job alert! Support lit in translation as @wwborders.bsky.social's social media coordinator.
Have you ever thought to yourself, “Wow, I’d love Eleanor’s job”? My time is winding down, so now’s your chance! Become WWB’s next social media coordinator—a perfect (and fun) part-time, remote role for an early-career literary comms professional! Learn more: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
June 23, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Job alert! Support lit in translation as @wwborders.bsky.social's social media coordinator.
Join us next month!
Educators, apply to WWB Campus’s free, virtual, four-session train-the-trainer program by June 29th and learn to teach your colleagues about global literature! Find eligibility information and more details at the link: wwb-campus.org/blog/apply-n...
June 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Join us next month!
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At WWB Campus, we bring global literature into the classroom with author visits. This week, we had the privilege of arranging visits from Dominican poet Frank Báez, who gave presentations and workshops in NYC schools. Thank you to Frank and to the students and teachers who opened their classrooms!
May 28, 2025 at 4:41 PM
At WWB Campus, we bring global literature into the classroom with author visits. This week, we had the privilege of arranging visits from Dominican poet Frank Báez, who gave presentations and workshops in NYC schools. Thank you to Frank and to the students and teachers who opened their classrooms!
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I wrote about the NEA cuts and that overwhelming feeling when so many different orgs and people need our money. But there are some answers in here too, courtesy of @michaelholtmann.bsky.social and @markkrotov.bsky.social. lithub.com/on-the-lates...
On the Latest Threat to Literary Culture’s Fragile Ecosystem: Donald Trump
There’s an ongoing crisis in book publishing. I mean, there are many, but corporate consolidation is a threat to anyone who cares about books. When there are fewer publishers, both large and small,…
lithub.com
May 8, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I wrote about the NEA cuts and that overwhelming feeling when so many different orgs and people need our money. But there are some answers in here too, courtesy of @michaelholtmann.bsky.social and @markkrotov.bsky.social. lithub.com/on-the-lates...
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For most of our existence, WWB has received funding from the NEA. Now, like many others, we must chart a path forward without it. But our readers still deserve access to dazzling global writing. Please donate or share our work to support our mission of bringing the world close through literature.
May 5, 2025 at 8:33 PM
For most of our existence, WWB has received funding from the NEA. Now, like many others, we must chart a path forward without it. But our readers still deserve access to dazzling global writing. Please donate or share our work to support our mission of bringing the world close through literature.
This high school student blew me away with her writing! I had a great time working with her on edits and am so glad to give the piece a home on our blog. Give it a read!
Teachers, read writing by Ren, a high schooler who participated in last spring’s writing workshop with Marco Avilés. And, as always, we would love to read your students’ work, too! buff.ly/k9T1G96
May 5, 2025 at 9:10 PM
This high school student blew me away with her writing! I had a great time working with her on edits and am so glad to give the piece a home on our blog. Give it a read!
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Man, this is a pretty fucking gross move from Amazon, huh? Good on @bookshop.org for not mincing words, though:
April 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Man, this is a pretty fucking gross move from Amazon, huh? Good on @bookshop.org for not mincing words, though:
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being an indie bookseller in the helltimes has felt both very stable and very stabilizing, and part of me wishes everyone could be on my side of the counter for a little while, because I think it would help some of you be a little less cynical and doomy right now. so here is my VERY anecdotal data:
March 22, 2025 at 3:36 AM
being an indie bookseller in the helltimes has felt both very stable and very stabilizing, and part of me wishes everyone could be on my side of the counter for a little while, because I think it would help some of you be a little less cynical and doomy right now. so here is my VERY anecdotal data:
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No Other Land Co-Director Yuval Abraham:
"The foreign policy in this country is helping to block this path. Why? Can't you see that we are intertwined? There is another way. It's not too late for life, for the living. There is no other way."
"The foreign policy in this country is helping to block this path. Why? Can't you see that we are intertwined? There is another way. It's not too late for life, for the living. There is no other way."
March 3, 2025 at 2:49 AM
No Other Land Co-Director Yuval Abraham:
"The foreign policy in this country is helping to block this path. Why? Can't you see that we are intertwined? There is another way. It's not too late for life, for the living. There is no other way."
"The foreign policy in this country is helping to block this path. Why? Can't you see that we are intertwined? There is another way. It's not too late for life, for the living. There is no other way."
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« La déshumanisation des personnes qui se trouvent de l’autre côté de nos murs, c’est la zone d’intérêt »
"Aujourd'hui la Shoah et la sécurité juive sont utilisées pour justifier les massacres et les nettoyages ethniques à Gaza après les massacres du 7 Octobre"
Message du réalisateur Jonathan Glazer lu pour la remise du Césars du meilleur film étranger pour son film la Zone d’intérêt
Message du réalisateur Jonathan Glazer lu pour la remise du Césars du meilleur film étranger pour son film la Zone d’intérêt
February 28, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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