Andrea Meador Smith
@andreamsmith.bsky.social
reader, traveler, dog lover, wine drinker, spanish professor, film critic, 4xhoo
I’m loving the subscription to @catranslation.org!! Two brand new books with translators’ names on the covers were waiting in the mailbox today 🎉 #WomenInTranslation 📚
November 11, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I’m loving the subscription to @catranslation.org!! Two brand new books with translators’ names on the covers were waiting in the mailbox today 🎉 #WomenInTranslation 📚
Current selection for #NovellaNovember is La ciudad invencible by Fernanda Trías 🌃🇺🇾📚
November 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Current selection for #NovellaNovember is La ciudad invencible by Fernanda Trías 🌃🇺🇾📚
Going to read some Latin American women for #NovellaNovember! First up is Lina Meruane’s Cercada 🇨🇱📚
November 1, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Going to read some Latin American women for #NovellaNovember! First up is Lina Meruane’s Cercada 🇨🇱📚
Last official read of #WITMonth 2025: The Forgery by Ave Barrera 🇲🇽📚 I’m enjoying the original Spanish and the translation by Ellen Jones and Robin Myers 👏🏻 👏🏻 #WomenInTranslation @charcopress.com
August 31, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Last official read of #WITMonth 2025: The Forgery by Ave Barrera 🇲🇽📚 I’m enjoying the original Spanish and the translation by Ellen Jones and Robin Myers 👏🏻 👏🏻 #WomenInTranslation @charcopress.com
Winding down #WITMonth with a fan favorite: The Summer Book by Tove Jansson (translated by Thomas Teal) 🇫🇮🇸🇪📖📚 #WomenInTranslation
August 27, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Winding down #WITMonth with a fan favorite: The Summer Book by Tove Jansson (translated by Thomas Teal) 🇫🇮🇸🇪📖📚 #WomenInTranslation
Rereading Dolores Reyes’ Cometierra to prep for the new Amazon series 🇦🇷📚 📺 This time I’m reading Julia Sanches’ vibrant translation, Eartheater 👏🏻👏🏻 #WITMonth #WomenInTranslation
August 17, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Rereading Dolores Reyes’ Cometierra to prep for the new Amazon series 🇦🇷📚 📺 This time I’m reading Julia Sanches’ vibrant translation, Eartheater 👏🏻👏🏻 #WITMonth #WomenInTranslation
Listening to Darkenbloom for #WITMonth 🇦🇹🇩🇪 Written by Eva Menasse and translated by @cctranslates.bsky.social 📚 Small towns, secrets, and lots of historical insight. Pro tip: make yourself a character list to follow along 📋 #WomenInTranslation
August 12, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Listening to Darkenbloom for #WITMonth 🇦🇹🇩🇪 Written by Eva Menasse and translated by @cctranslates.bsky.social 📚 Small towns, secrets, and lots of historical insight. Pro tip: make yourself a character list to follow along 📋 #WomenInTranslation
Weekend reading for #WITMonth: La plaza del diamante by Mercé Rodoreda 💎🕊️ Translated from Catalán to Spanish by Enrique Sordo 🇪🇸 Also checking out David Rosenthal’s excellent translation to English, The Time of the Doves 📚 #WomenInTranslation
August 9, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Weekend reading for #WITMonth: La plaza del diamante by Mercé Rodoreda 💎🕊️ Translated from Catalán to Spanish by Enrique Sordo 🇪🇸 Also checking out David Rosenthal’s excellent translation to English, The Time of the Doves 📚 #WomenInTranslation
Surprise gift today from my husband, who found this at Regulator Bookshop in Durham, NC 📚 We Are Green and Trembling by Gabriela Cabezón Cámara 🇦🇷 Translated by Robin Myers #WITMonth #RegulatorBooks
August 6, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Surprise gift today from my husband, who found this at Regulator Bookshop in Durham, NC 📚 We Are Green and Trembling by Gabriela Cabezón Cámara 🇦🇷 Translated by Robin Myers #WITMonth #RegulatorBooks
Today’s selection for #WITMonth is Loop by Brenda Lozano, translated by the brilliant Annie McDermott 🇲🇽📚 @charcopress.com #WomenInTranslation
August 5, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Today’s selection for #WITMonth is Loop by Brenda Lozano, translated by the brilliant Annie McDermott 🇲🇽📚 @charcopress.com #WomenInTranslation
Day 2 of #WITMonth! Just finished All My Goodbyes by Mariana Dimópulos (trans. by Alice Whitmore). Great for anyone with a little wanderlust 🇦🇷 📚
August 2, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Day 2 of #WITMonth! Just finished All My Goodbyes by Mariana Dimópulos (trans. by Alice Whitmore). Great for anyone with a little wanderlust 🇦🇷 📚
Other gems I read as the world burned this summer #WITMonth #WomenInTranslation. Excited to see others’ selections for this year! 📚🌍
August 1, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Other gems I read as the world burned this summer #WITMonth #WomenInTranslation. Excited to see others’ selections for this year! 📚🌍
I don’t have words to describe this one. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I Who Have Never Known Men by Jaqueline Harpman (trans. by Ros Schwartz) 🇧🇪🇫🇷 #WomenInTranslation
March 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I don’t have words to describe this one. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I Who Have Never Known Men by Jaqueline Harpman (trans. by Ros Schwartz) 🇧🇪🇫🇷 #WomenInTranslation
Finishing up #JanuaryInJapan with Kiyoko Murata’s A Woman of Pleasure (trans. Juliet Winters Carpenter) 📚🇯🇵 Excited to read more by this author and translator! #WomenInTranslation
January 30, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Finishing up #JanuaryInJapan with Kiyoko Murata’s A Woman of Pleasure (trans. Juliet Winters Carpenter) 📚🇯🇵 Excited to read more by this author and translator! #WomenInTranslation
“…nosotras preferimos nuestra propia historia, nuestra propia basura. De algo tiene que sentirse parte uno, supongo. Yo prefiero mi mierda a la de todos los demás.”—Constanza Gutiérrez 🤯 Leyendo para escaparme de la realidad pero no se puede. 😬 Vale la pena esta fascinante novella. 🇨🇱📚
January 19, 2025 at 4:33 PM
“…nosotras preferimos nuestra propia historia, nuestra propia basura. De algo tiene que sentirse parte uno, supongo. Yo prefiero mi mierda a la de todos los demás.”—Constanza Gutiérrez 🤯 Leyendo para escaparme de la realidad pero no se puede. 😬 Vale la pena esta fascinante novella. 🇨🇱📚
Uffff this one destroyed me 💔: The Forbidden Notebook by Alba de Céspedes (trans. Ann Goldstein). Five ⭐️! #WomenInTranslation 🇮🇹📓
January 11, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Uffff this one destroyed me 💔: The Forbidden Notebook by Alba de Céspedes (trans. Ann Goldstein). Five ⭐️! #WomenInTranslation 🇮🇹📓
Quirky premise but certainly believable that a cat will make you feel better 🐈❤️🩹🇯🇵 We’ll Prescribe You a Cat by Syou Ishida (trans. E. Madison Shimoda) #WomenInTranslation #JanuaryInJapan
January 4, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Quirky premise but certainly believable that a cat will make you feel better 🐈❤️🩹🇯🇵 We’ll Prescribe You a Cat by Syou Ishida (trans. E. Madison Shimoda) #WomenInTranslation #JanuaryInJapan
Two very different Korean novels to finish 2024: Human Acts by Han Kang (trans. Deborah Smith) and Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop (trans. Shanna Tan). 🇰🇷📚 #WomenInTranslation
January 3, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Two very different Korean novels to finish 2024: Human Acts by Han Kang (trans. Deborah Smith) and Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop (trans. Shanna Tan). 🇰🇷📚 #WomenInTranslation
My first read of 2025: Trajiste contigo el viento por Natalia García Freire 🇪🇨 / Primera novela del año. Una verdadera maravilla 🤯
January 3, 2025 at 3:02 AM
My first read of 2025: Trajiste contigo el viento por Natalia García Freire 🇪🇨 / Primera novela del año. Una verdadera maravilla 🤯
Another new-to-me author, Ágota Kristóf (trans. by David Watson). 🇫🇷🇭🇺 #WomenInTranslation
December 15, 2024 at 1:17 AM
Another new-to-me author, Ágota Kristóf (trans. by David Watson). 🇫🇷🇭🇺 #WomenInTranslation
Less time with the news means more time for #WomenInTranslation! 📖 ❤️Recent finds: French Leave by Anna Gavalda (trans. Alison Anderson) and Blue Light Hours (Bruna Dantas Lobato, translator writing in English). 🇫🇷🇧🇷
December 9, 2024 at 11:59 AM
Less time with the news means more time for #WomenInTranslation! 📖 ❤️Recent finds: French Leave by Anna Gavalda (trans. Alison Anderson) and Blue Light Hours (Bruna Dantas Lobato, translator writing in English). 🇫🇷🇧🇷
Trying to find the women in translation crowd. #WITMonth Just read this beauty by Virginie Grimaldi 🇫🇷, translated by Hildegarde Serle 📚
November 24, 2024 at 1:37 AM
Trying to find the women in translation crowd. #WITMonth Just read this beauty by Virginie Grimaldi 🇫🇷, translated by Hildegarde Serle 📚
New here and trying to find my Latin American film and tv fans. Current obsession: Las viudas de los jueves 🇲🇽🇦🇷📺
October 17, 2023 at 11:56 AM
New here and trying to find my Latin American film and tv fans. Current obsession: Las viudas de los jueves 🇲🇽🇦🇷📺