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Literature from the global south & diasporas.
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· Mar 6
Arabic, between Love and War
edited by Yasmine Haj and Norah Alkharashi ISBN: 978-1-775-2567-6-2 Poetry | Translation | Arabic trace: translating [x] series In Arabic, the word for love حب is one letter shorter than the word f...
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#WorldBookDay
Please take some time to find solace in poems from this luminous bilingual collection—
(& support global literature & independent, bipoc, women-run publishing)
#ArabicBetweenLoveAndWar
Please take some time to find solace in poems from this luminous bilingual collection—
(& support global literature & independent, bipoc, women-run publishing)
#ArabicBetweenLoveAndWar
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#Toronto has the world’s largest #Tamil diaspora. & also some fabulous bilingual poets & translators. Come join us to celebrate the launch of #TamilTerrains Friday. Nov 7th
7-9 pm
Friends House
7-9 pm
Friends House
October 29, 2025 at 9:51 PM
#Toronto has the world’s largest #Tamil diaspora. & also some fabulous bilingual poets & translators. Come join us to celebrate the launch of #TamilTerrains Friday. Nov 7th
7-9 pm
Friends House
7-9 pm
Friends House
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Love being part of this antho RIVER IN AN OCEAN: ESSAYS ON TRANSLATION, ed. Nuzhat Abbas (Trace Press). All majority world feminist translators.
And it reminds me to ask myself the titular q. in my bilingual essay, ‘Apa Kabar, Penerjemah? How Are You, Translator?’, esp in this damn industry.
And it reminds me to ask myself the titular q. in my bilingual essay, ‘Apa Kabar, Penerjemah? How Are You, Translator?’, esp in this damn industry.
September 25, 2023 at 10:16 AM
Love being part of this antho RIVER IN AN OCEAN: ESSAYS ON TRANSLATION, ed. Nuzhat Abbas (Trace Press). All majority world feminist translators.
And it reminds me to ask myself the titular q. in my bilingual essay, ‘Apa Kabar, Penerjemah? How Are You, Translator?’, esp in this damn industry.
And it reminds me to ask myself the titular q. in my bilingual essay, ‘Apa Kabar, Penerjemah? How Are You, Translator?’, esp in this damn industry.
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And a review of the 2023 Trace Press anthology _River in an Ocean: Essays on Translation_, which Abbas described as “a small vessel…for decolonial, antiracist, feminist, queer, and trans dissonance, refusal and rebellion, for care and community.”
www.worldliteraturetoday.org/2024/march/r...
3/3
www.worldliteraturetoday.org/2024/march/r...
3/3
River in an Ocean: Essays on Translation
Trace Press. 2023. 223 pages.
www.worldliteraturetoday.org
May 28, 2024 at 9:50 PM
And a review of the 2023 Trace Press anthology _River in an Ocean: Essays on Translation_, which Abbas described as “a small vessel…for decolonial, antiracist, feminist, queer, and trans dissonance, refusal and rebellion, for care and community.”
www.worldliteraturetoday.org/2024/march/r...
3/3
www.worldliteraturetoday.org/2024/march/r...
3/3
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Great interview with writer/critic/editor/publisher Nuzhat Abbas “on Feminist, Decolonial, and Anti-Imperialist Translation.”
(Article from 2023.)
www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2023/10...
1/3
(Article from 2023.)
www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2023/10...
1/3
I Carved A Girl Of Stone: Nuzhat Abbas on Feminist, Decolonial, and Anti-Imperialist Translation - Asymptote Blog
What drives my work at trace is perhaps a desire to destabilize the spaces I was made to enter and reside in . . .
www.asymptotejournal.com
May 28, 2024 at 9:48 PM
Great interview with writer/critic/editor/publisher Nuzhat Abbas “on Feminist, Decolonial, and Anti-Imperialist Translation.”
(Article from 2023.)
www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2023/10...
1/3
(Article from 2023.)
www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2023/10...
1/3
« His victory is the result of a working-class uprising. An uprising of the young and the tired, of the taxi drivers and the food delivery guys, of everyone who makes the city great, staking a claim to its future. »
—Eman Abdelhadi
inthesetimes.com/article/zohr...
—Eman Abdelhadi
inthesetimes.com/article/zohr...
Zohran Mamdani Wins and It Is a Celebration of My New York
Mamdani will be New York City's first Muslim, socialist mayor. But his victory does—and should—mean much more.
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November 5, 2025 at 1:45 PM
« His victory is the result of a working-class uprising. An uprising of the young and the tired, of the taxi drivers and the food delivery guys, of everyone who makes the city great, staking a claim to its future. »
—Eman Abdelhadi
inthesetimes.com/article/zohr...
—Eman Abdelhadi
inthesetimes.com/article/zohr...
If in #Toronto, go check out
@anotherstoryto.bsky.social’s wonderful display of Canadian small press books!
We were thrilled to see our new book #TamilTerrains side by side with #ArabicBetweenLoveAndWar from our trace: translating [x] series
#booksky
#bookstore
@anotherstoryto.bsky.social’s wonderful display of Canadian small press books!
We were thrilled to see our new book #TamilTerrains side by side with #ArabicBetweenLoveAndWar from our trace: translating [x] series
#booksky
#bookstore
November 2, 2025 at 5:08 PM
If in #Toronto, go check out
@anotherstoryto.bsky.social’s wonderful display of Canadian small press books!
We were thrilled to see our new book #TamilTerrains side by side with #ArabicBetweenLoveAndWar from our trace: translating [x] series
#booksky
#bookstore
@anotherstoryto.bsky.social’s wonderful display of Canadian small press books!
We were thrilled to see our new book #TamilTerrains side by side with #ArabicBetweenLoveAndWar from our trace: translating [x] series
#booksky
#bookstore
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
#Toronto has the world’s largest #Tamil diaspora. & also some fabulous bilingual poets & translators. Come join us to celebrate the launch of #TamilTerrains Friday. Nov 7th
7-9 pm
Friends House
7-9 pm
Friends House
October 29, 2025 at 9:51 PM
#Toronto has the world’s largest #Tamil diaspora. & also some fabulous bilingual poets & translators. Come join us to celebrate the launch of #TamilTerrains Friday. Nov 7th
7-9 pm
Friends House
7-9 pm
Friends House
🔸🌊 Arrived! The books are beautiful!!!
Will start mailing out to all who have pre-ordered —please be patient with Canada Post delays.
Will start mailing out to all who have pre-ordered —please be patient with Canada Post delays.
October 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
🔸🌊 Arrived! The books are beautiful!!!
Will start mailing out to all who have pre-ordered —please be patient with Canada Post delays.
Will start mailing out to all who have pre-ordered —please be patient with Canada Post delays.
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This week’s recommendation is Petals of Blood by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, which was banned in Kenya upon its release for exposing the struggles of ordinary people against greed and corruption.
A former PEN Vice President, Ngũgĩ has long stood with writers worldwide in defending the freedom to write.
A former PEN Vice President, Ngũgĩ has long stood with writers worldwide in defending the freedom to write.
October 20, 2025 at 10:30 AM
This week’s recommendation is Petals of Blood by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, which was banned in Kenya upon its release for exposing the struggles of ordinary people against greed and corruption.
A former PEN Vice President, Ngũgĩ has long stood with writers worldwide in defending the freedom to write.
A former PEN Vice President, Ngũgĩ has long stood with writers worldwide in defending the freedom to write.
Heartfelt online readings today from #TamilTerrains & our poet-translators in Malaysia, Singapore, India, UK, & Canada. Really thrilled to have Rashmy & Tharmini join us as well.
Stay tuned for #Toronto launch…
#books
#translation
#Tamil
#poetry
Stay tuned for #Toronto launch…
#books
#translation
#Tamil
#poetry
TAMIL TERRAINS
SUNDAY: Oct 19
11 am- 1 pm EST
(online)
🔸join us to celebrate this beautiful, thought-provoking book!
🔸register:
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🔸15% pre-order discount (>Oct 31) tracepress.org
SUNDAY: Oct 19
11 am- 1 pm EST
(online)
🔸join us to celebrate this beautiful, thought-provoking book!
🔸register:
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🔸15% pre-order discount (>Oct 31) tracepress.org
October 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Heartfelt online readings today from #TamilTerrains & our poet-translators in Malaysia, Singapore, India, UK, & Canada. Really thrilled to have Rashmy & Tharmini join us as well.
Stay tuned for #Toronto launch…
#books
#translation
#Tamil
#poetry
Stay tuned for #Toronto launch…
#books
#translation
#Tamil
#poetry
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Two Prize-winning Palestinian Authors Freed from Israeli Prisons arablit.org/2025/10/15/t...
Two Prize-winning Palestinian Authors Freed from Israeli Prisons
Two award-winning Palestinian authors serving life sentences in Israeli prisons were released on October 13 as part of the exchange for Israeli captives held in Gaza.
arablit.org
October 15, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Two Prize-winning Palestinian Authors Freed from Israeli Prisons arablit.org/2025/10/15/t...
Maggie is wonderful, & this award-winning book is searing & essential. The City is heartless. Winter is coming & they clear encampments…(writing this as someone who lost a beloved relative to the streets)
Maggie Helwig's ENCAMPMENT has won the Toronto Book Awards!
The city has also just given notice that the encampment beside her church (St. Stephen-in-the-Fields) is to be cleared TOMORROW MORNING (Thurs., Oct. 16). If you're in Toronto, support the encampment and its residents at 103 Bellevue Ave.!
The city has also just given notice that the encampment beside her church (St. Stephen-in-the-Fields) is to be cleared TOMORROW MORNING (Thurs., Oct. 16). If you're in Toronto, support the encampment and its residents at 103 Bellevue Ave.!
October 16, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Maggie is wonderful, & this award-winning book is searing & essential. The City is heartless. Winter is coming & they clear encampments…(writing this as someone who lost a beloved relative to the streets)
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TAMIL TERRAINS
SUNDAY: Oct 19
11 am- 1 pm EST
(online)
🔸join us to celebrate this beautiful, thought-provoking book!
🔸register:
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🔸15% pre-order discount (>Oct 31) tracepress.org
SUNDAY: Oct 19
11 am- 1 pm EST
(online)
🔸join us to celebrate this beautiful, thought-provoking book!
🔸register:
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🔸15% pre-order discount (>Oct 31) tracepress.org
October 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
TAMIL TERRAINS
SUNDAY: Oct 19
11 am- 1 pm EST
(online)
🔸join us to celebrate this beautiful, thought-provoking book!
🔸register:
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🔸15% pre-order discount (>Oct 31) tracepress.org
SUNDAY: Oct 19
11 am- 1 pm EST
(online)
🔸join us to celebrate this beautiful, thought-provoking book!
🔸register:
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🔸15% pre-order discount (>Oct 31) tracepress.org
TAMIL TERRAINS
SUNDAY: Oct 19
11 am- 1 pm EST
(online)
🔸join us to celebrate this beautiful, thought-provoking book!
🔸register:
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🔸15% pre-order discount (>Oct 31) tracepress.org
SUNDAY: Oct 19
11 am- 1 pm EST
(online)
🔸join us to celebrate this beautiful, thought-provoking book!
🔸register:
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🔸15% pre-order discount (>Oct 31) tracepress.org
October 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
TAMIL TERRAINS
SUNDAY: Oct 19
11 am- 1 pm EST
(online)
🔸join us to celebrate this beautiful, thought-provoking book!
🔸register:
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🔸15% pre-order discount (>Oct 31) tracepress.org
SUNDAY: Oct 19
11 am- 1 pm EST
(online)
🔸join us to celebrate this beautiful, thought-provoking book!
🔸register:
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🔸15% pre-order discount (>Oct 31) tracepress.org
🔸Please support this beautiful project by pre-ordering a copy of #TamilTerrains
🔸join us on Sunday, Oct 19: 11am-1pm EST—
for a global online reading.
(details nxt week)
🔸join us on Sunday, Oct 19: 11am-1pm EST—
for a global online reading.
(details nxt week)
October 12, 2025 at 8:20 PM
🔸Please support this beautiful project by pre-ordering a copy of #TamilTerrains
🔸join us on Sunday, Oct 19: 11am-1pm EST—
for a global online reading.
(details nxt week)
🔸join us on Sunday, Oct 19: 11am-1pm EST—
for a global online reading.
(details nxt week)
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This is of niche industry interest, but here goes:
The digital catalog platform most independent bookstores use to peruse and order new books for their stores (called Edelweiss) has jacked up their prices on publishers to catalog new titles 200-300%.
Why does this matter?
The digital catalog platform most independent bookstores use to peruse and order new books for their stores (called Edelweiss) has jacked up their prices on publishers to catalog new titles 200-300%.
Why does this matter?
October 7, 2025 at 1:48 AM
This is of niche industry interest, but here goes:
The digital catalog platform most independent bookstores use to peruse and order new books for their stores (called Edelweiss) has jacked up their prices on publishers to catalog new titles 200-300%.
Why does this matter?
The digital catalog platform most independent bookstores use to peruse and order new books for their stores (called Edelweiss) has jacked up their prices on publishers to catalog new titles 200-300%.
Why does this matter?
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#InternationalTranslationDay (is every day at trace press)
“I want to love you without war/ but without flowers either”
—Samar Diab, “Love Poems” (trans. Nofel)
Read this, & other extraordinary poems in
#ArabicBetweenLoveAndWar
#translation
#poetry
#Arabic
—Samar Diab, “Love Poems” (trans. Nofel)
Read this, & other extraordinary poems in
#ArabicBetweenLoveAndWar
#translation
#poetry
#Arabic
September 30, 2025 at 7:22 PM
#InternationalTranslationDay (is every day at trace press)
#InternationalTranslationDay (is every day at trace press)
“I want to love you without war/ but without flowers either”
—Samar Diab, “Love Poems” (trans. Nofel)
Read this, & other extraordinary poems in
#ArabicBetweenLoveAndWar
#translation
#poetry
#Arabic
—Samar Diab, “Love Poems” (trans. Nofel)
Read this, & other extraordinary poems in
#ArabicBetweenLoveAndWar
#translation
#poetry
#Arabic
September 30, 2025 at 7:22 PM
#InternationalTranslationDay (is every day at trace press)
What does it mean to write or translate from an antiracist, feminist, queer, & decolonial lens?
These are questions we explore in all our books at trace —where every day is #InternationalTranslationDay
#riverinanocean
#ArabicBetweenLoveAndWar
#TamilTerrains
These are questions we explore in all our books at trace —where every day is #InternationalTranslationDay
#riverinanocean
#ArabicBetweenLoveAndWar
#TamilTerrains
September 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
What does it mean to write or translate from an antiracist, feminist, queer, & decolonial lens?
These are questions we explore in all our books at trace —where every day is #InternationalTranslationDay
#riverinanocean
#ArabicBetweenLoveAndWar
#TamilTerrains
These are questions we explore in all our books at trace —where every day is #InternationalTranslationDay
#riverinanocean
#ArabicBetweenLoveAndWar
#TamilTerrains
The Giller prize whines that it’d be forced to close without federal funds. MOST small presses in Canada would be forced to shut down without federal funding. What do you think deserves funding—a [z]family-run prize often awarded to ‘big 5’ books—or small presses like trace?
September 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The Giller prize whines that it’d be forced to close without federal funds. MOST small presses in Canada would be forced to shut down without federal funding. What do you think deserves funding—a [z]family-run prize often awarded to ‘big 5’ books—or small presses like trace?
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Coming Next Month (as counterprogramming to the Frankfurt Book Fair): The 2025 Palestinian Liberatory Book Fair: arablit.org/2025/09/30/c...
September 30, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Coming Next Month (as counterprogramming to the Frankfurt Book Fair): The 2025 Palestinian Liberatory Book Fair: arablit.org/2025/09/30/c...
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We strongly condemn the summoning of Egyptian poet Ahmed Douma for the fifth time in the past year by the Supreme State Security Prosecution on fresh charges. He was released on bail of 50,000 EGP. Egypt must end its use of judicial harassment to intimidate government critics. @penmena.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
We strongly condemn the summoning of Egyptian poet Ahmed Douma for the fifth time in the past year by the Supreme State Security Prosecution on fresh charges. He was released on bail of 50,000 EGP. Egypt must end its use of judicial harassment to intimidate government critics. @penmena.bsky.social
Only 2 days left for 20% off 📚🌞
September
#TranslationMonth
🌊
#riverinanocean &
🌹
#ArabicBetweenLoveAndWar
Buy direct from our website & support trace’s unique (& challenging) work as a bipoc/ feminist-run publisher
tracepress.org/products/ara...
September
#TranslationMonth
🌊
#riverinanocean &
🌹
#ArabicBetweenLoveAndWar
Buy direct from our website & support trace’s unique (& challenging) work as a bipoc/ feminist-run publisher
tracepress.org/products/ara...
Arabic, between Love and War
edited by Yasmine Haj and Norah Alkharashi ISBN: 978-1-775-2567-6-2 Poetry | Translation | Arabic trace: translating [x] series In Arabic, the word for love حب is one letter shorter than the word f...
tracepress.org
September 29, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Only 2 days left for 20% off 📚🌞
September
#TranslationMonth
🌊
#riverinanocean &
🌹
#ArabicBetweenLoveAndWar
Buy direct from our website & support trace’s unique (& challenging) work as a bipoc/ feminist-run publisher
tracepress.org/products/ara...
September
#TranslationMonth
🌊
#riverinanocean &
🌹
#ArabicBetweenLoveAndWar
Buy direct from our website & support trace’s unique (& challenging) work as a bipoc/ feminist-run publisher
tracepress.org/products/ara...
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“AI” isn’t a tool or technology or even a cluster of technologies with a misleading name. It’s the infrastructure at the foundation of a form of capitalism dependent on data brokering. We should be teaching our students about this and not teaching them about “responsible” use.
September 28, 2025 at 1:38 AM
“AI” isn’t a tool or technology or even a cluster of technologies with a misleading name. It’s the infrastructure at the foundation of a form of capitalism dependent on data brokering. We should be teaching our students about this and not teaching them about “responsible” use.