Marialena Carr
@marialenacarr.bsky.social
Once oceanographer, now writer & translator. Stories of weavers & botanists, circuses & spies, physicists & ghosts. I translate poetry from Catalan.
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There are 12 mentors in 2026:
📚 Children’s Lit from a South Asian Language w. @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social
📚 Japanese w. @tnieda.bsky.social
📚 Kannada w. Deepa Bhasthi
📚 Korean Poetry w. @daybreakjung.bsky.social
📚 Korean Prose w. Janet Hong
📚 Children’s Lit from a South Asian Language w. @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social
📚 Japanese w. @tnieda.bsky.social
📚 Kannada w. Deepa Bhasthi
📚 Korean Poetry w. @daybreakjung.bsky.social
📚 Korean Prose w. Janet Hong
September 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
There are 12 mentors in 2026:
📚 Children’s Lit from a South Asian Language w. @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social
📚 Japanese w. @tnieda.bsky.social
📚 Kannada w. Deepa Bhasthi
📚 Korean Poetry w. @daybreakjung.bsky.social
📚 Korean Prose w. Janet Hong
📚 Children’s Lit from a South Asian Language w. @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social
📚 Japanese w. @tnieda.bsky.social
📚 Kannada w. Deepa Bhasthi
📚 Korean Poetry w. @daybreakjung.bsky.social
📚 Korean Prose w. Janet Hong
Translators: run—don't walk— to apply. I was a mentee last year & it was fabulous. The mentors are extremely knowledgeable & generous, the mentees are inspiring, @kelsivanada.bsky.social runs the program like a symphony conductor, @littranslate.bsky.social is THE organization for translators. Apply!
📣 The 2026 Emerging Translator Mentorship Program submission portals are open!
The ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Program is designed to establish and facilitate a close working relationship between an experienced translator and an emerging translator.
Apply by 11/30: buff.ly/cpduT69
The ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Program is designed to establish and facilitate a close working relationship between an experienced translator and an emerging translator.
Apply by 11/30: buff.ly/cpduT69
September 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Translators: run—don't walk— to apply. I was a mentee last year & it was fabulous. The mentors are extremely knowledgeable & generous, the mentees are inspiring, @kelsivanada.bsky.social runs the program like a symphony conductor, @littranslate.bsky.social is THE organization for translators. Apply!
Congratulations to Rucha Virmani and all the other commended poets!
What an honor that she chose to respond to my translation of Felícia Fuster’s poem ‘And more II’ from the Modern Poetry in Translation archives.
What an honor that she chose to respond to my translation of Felícia Fuster’s poem ‘And more II’ from the Modern Poetry in Translation archives.
The results of our collaboration with @youngpoetsnet.bsky.social are now available to read online!
ypn.poetrysociety.org.uk/workshop/div...
Congratulations to Rucha Virmani with the winning poem 'December Heat' (written in response to 'And more' by Felícia Fuster, translated by Marialena Carr.)
ypn.poetrysociety.org.uk/workshop/div...
Congratulations to Rucha Virmani with the winning poem 'December Heat' (written in response to 'And more' by Felícia Fuster, translated by Marialena Carr.)
August 22, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Congratulations to Rucha Virmani and all the other commended poets!
What an honor that she chose to respond to my translation of Felícia Fuster’s poem ‘And more II’ from the Modern Poetry in Translation archives.
What an honor that she chose to respond to my translation of Felícia Fuster’s poem ‘And more II’ from the Modern Poetry in Translation archives.
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Oh my gosh!!! 🪼💙🪼💙🪼💙!!!
We are delighted to announce that the winner of the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize 2025 is
Jeffrey Zuckerman's translation of Jellyfish Have No Ears (MacLehose) by Adèle Rosenfeld.
Many congratulations to to all the short- and longlisted translators!
Jeffrey Zuckerman's translation of Jellyfish Have No Ears (MacLehose) by Adèle Rosenfeld.
Many congratulations to to all the short- and longlisted translators!
June 15, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Oh my gosh!!! 🪼💙🪼💙🪼💙!!!
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🧪 The proposed budgets for NIH, NASA, and NSF would be at their lowest levels in over 25 years.
These are not serious requests, and Congress should not treat them as such.
But Congress also needs to be actively told that. Let your voice be heard: 5calls.org
These are not serious requests, and Congress should not treat them as such.
But Congress also needs to be actively told that. Let your voice be heard: 5calls.org
May 31, 2025 at 3:10 PM
🧪 The proposed budgets for NIH, NASA, and NSF would be at their lowest levels in over 25 years.
These are not serious requests, and Congress should not treat them as such.
But Congress also needs to be actively told that. Let your voice be heard: 5calls.org
These are not serious requests, and Congress should not treat them as such.
But Congress also needs to be actively told that. Let your voice be heard: 5calls.org
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I'm genuinely SO excited about the new ocean map that will be at the heart of the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich when this hall reopens on June 7th. It's an unusual ocean-focussed map with so much detail, and it's just brilliant. 🌊🌊 Here's a sneak peak.
www.rmg.co.uk/stories/ocea...
www.rmg.co.uk/stories/ocea...
May 31, 2025 at 9:38 AM
I'm genuinely SO excited about the new ocean map that will be at the heart of the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich when this hall reopens on June 7th. It's an unusual ocean-focussed map with so much detail, and it's just brilliant. 🌊🌊 Here's a sneak peak.
www.rmg.co.uk/stories/ocea...
www.rmg.co.uk/stories/ocea...
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Here’s how Trump’s war on science is going. NSF funding is at the lowest level in decades. We’ll lose knowledge, generations of scientists, and US competitiveness.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
May 22, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Here’s how Trump’s war on science is going. NSF funding is at the lowest level in decades. We’ll lose knowledge, generations of scientists, and US competitiveness.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Join us for a vigil today at 6pm in support of Alaa Abd el-Fattah and his mother Laila Soueif, both currently on hunger strike.
Writers & activists will read from Alaa’s work as we call on the UK government to take urgent action to secure his release. #FreeAlaa
www.englishpen.org/posts/campai...
Writers & activists will read from Alaa’s work as we call on the UK government to take urgent action to secure his release. #FreeAlaa
www.englishpen.org/posts/campai...
May 22, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Join us for a vigil today at 6pm in support of Alaa Abd el-Fattah and his mother Laila Soueif, both currently on hunger strike.
Writers & activists will read from Alaa’s work as we call on the UK government to take urgent action to secure his release. #FreeAlaa
www.englishpen.org/posts/campai...
Writers & activists will read from Alaa’s work as we call on the UK government to take urgent action to secure his release. #FreeAlaa
www.englishpen.org/posts/campai...
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The new Global Methane Budget is now published, open access.
essd.copernicus.org/articles/17/...
The new Global Methane Budget is now published, open access.
essd.copernicus.org/articles/17/...
May 13, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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The new Global Methane Budget is now published, open access.
essd.copernicus.org/articles/17/...
The new Global Methane Budget is now published, open access.
essd.copernicus.org/articles/17/...
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@britt-kathryn.bsky.social offers some support for former NEA grant recipients.
Here’s what to do if your NEA grant has been terminated.
Last week, hundreds of publishers, theatre companies, symphonies, and community arts programs abruptly lost funding. Beloved institutions from the Bay Area to Harlem were rudely informed of cancele…
buff.ly
May 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
@britt-kathryn.bsky.social offers some support for former NEA grant recipients.
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🚨 All staff for NSF’s Division of Equity for Excellence in STEM (EES) have just been fired.
In email to grantees: “the entire Division of Equity for Excellence in STEM has just been dissolved and the entire staff fired.”
High time for scientists, public, Congress, YOU to take action to #SaveNSF
In email to grantees: “the entire Division of Equity for Excellence in STEM has just been dissolved and the entire staff fired.”
High time for scientists, public, Congress, YOU to take action to #SaveNSF
Take Action | Save NSF
www.savensf.com
May 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
🚨 All staff for NSF’s Division of Equity for Excellence in STEM (EES) have just been fired.
In email to grantees: “the entire Division of Equity for Excellence in STEM has just been dissolved and the entire staff fired.”
High time for scientists, public, Congress, YOU to take action to #SaveNSF
In email to grantees: “the entire Division of Equity for Excellence in STEM has just been dissolved and the entire staff fired.”
High time for scientists, public, Congress, YOU to take action to #SaveNSF
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Devastating letter from our friends at the NEA Literature office
May 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Devastating letter from our friends at the NEA Literature office
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What a time to be trying to promote anything, I know. I'm trying to keep it to the barest minimum. But 1) this is how I make a living and 2) fiction still matters. Our novels still matter. Coming together as a group to talk about our art still matters.
April 17, 2025 at 9:49 PM
What a time to be trying to promote anything, I know. I'm trying to keep it to the barest minimum. But 1) this is how I make a living and 2) fiction still matters. Our novels still matter. Coming together as a group to talk about our art still matters.
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Are you struggling with your novel? It's okay. It happens to ALL of us. My 3-week course, Getting Your Novel Unstuck, returns next month. It's designed to get your novel draft moving again with a fresh charge of energy and a solid plan to carry you forward to the end.
cariluna.com/getting-your...
cariluna.com/getting-your...
Getting Your Novel Unstuck – Cari Luna
cariluna.com
April 17, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Are you struggling with your novel? It's okay. It happens to ALL of us. My 3-week course, Getting Your Novel Unstuck, returns next month. It's designed to get your novel draft moving again with a fresh charge of energy and a solid plan to carry you forward to the end.
cariluna.com/getting-your...
cariluna.com/getting-your...
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'We
were the memory we have now. We
were this image. The idols of ourselves
in the submissive faith of afterward.'
Gabriel Ferrater, translated by Adrian Nathan West from #Catalan
were the memory we have now. We
were this image. The idols of ourselves
in the submissive faith of afterward.'
Gabriel Ferrater, translated by Adrian Nathan West from #Catalan
April 10, 2025 at 8:08 AM
'We
were the memory we have now. We
were this image. The idols of ourselves
in the submissive faith of afterward.'
Gabriel Ferrater, translated by Adrian Nathan West from #Catalan
were the memory we have now. We
were this image. The idols of ourselves
in the submissive faith of afterward.'
Gabriel Ferrater, translated by Adrian Nathan West from #Catalan
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I wrote about Trump cuts at the ends of the Earth, to NSF support of science in Antarctica. 🧪
“We’re all trying to find other ways of doing our research,” says @leighstearns.bsky.social, “because they are not the stable entity.”
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
“We’re all trying to find other ways of doing our research,” says @leighstearns.bsky.social, “because they are not the stable entity.”
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Does US science have a future in Antarctica? Trump cuts threaten to cancel fieldwork and more
Funding for the National Science Foundation, which finances research at US bases on the icy continent, has already been reduced, and the agency faces steeper cuts soon.
www.nature.com
April 9, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I wrote about Trump cuts at the ends of the Earth, to NSF support of science in Antarctica. 🧪
“We’re all trying to find other ways of doing our research,” says @leighstearns.bsky.social, “because they are not the stable entity.”
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
“We’re all trying to find other ways of doing our research,” says @leighstearns.bsky.social, “because they are not the stable entity.”
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Not an April Fools' joke: I'm partnering w/ @legroff.bsky.social & her amazing bookstore The Lynx to give away free books on fighting fascism. FL folks, just stop in and ask for a free copy of the titles below! Not in FL? Order and get 10% off. Read, share, fight the fascist fools. ❤️👊
April 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Not an April Fools' joke: I'm partnering w/ @legroff.bsky.social & her amazing bookstore The Lynx to give away free books on fighting fascism. FL folks, just stop in and ask for a free copy of the titles below! Not in FL? Order and get 10% off. Read, share, fight the fascist fools. ❤️👊
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📣NEW Sabin Center report on the Attribution Science & Climate Law Conference: scholarship.law.columbia.edu/sabin_climat...
🌎 The conference brought together researchers to discuss the status of climate attribution research and its relevance to climate law & policy
Check out the 🪡⤵️
🌎 The conference brought together researchers to discuss the status of climate attribution research and its relevance to climate law & policy
Check out the 🪡⤵️
March 31, 2025 at 7:58 PM
📣NEW Sabin Center report on the Attribution Science & Climate Law Conference: scholarship.law.columbia.edu/sabin_climat...
🌎 The conference brought together researchers to discuss the status of climate attribution research and its relevance to climate law & policy
Check out the 🪡⤵️
🌎 The conference brought together researchers to discuss the status of climate attribution research and its relevance to climate law & policy
Check out the 🪡⤵️
'We have coyotes with wolf blood in their veins in New York City because we tried to exterminate wolves. Tell me that doesn’t make your heart sing, just a little bit."
Wonderful science-y ode to the coyote!
Wonderful science-y ode to the coyote!
Coyotes do not require our permission to exist. For this, they will never be forgiven
An article about a species that's survived 200 years of poison, traps, and arial machine gunning -- among other things
An article about a species that's survived 200 years of poison, traps, and arial machine gunning -- among other things
The Defiance of Coyotes
How To Survive When Everyone Hates You
www.bannedinyourstate.com
March 29, 2025 at 12:47 PM
'We have coyotes with wolf blood in their veins in New York City because we tried to exterminate wolves. Tell me that doesn’t make your heart sing, just a little bit."
Wonderful science-y ode to the coyote!
Wonderful science-y ode to the coyote!
Such a fun conversation! Thank you @mptmagazine.bsky.social! Thank you Ron Puppo and AKaiser!
NEW PODCAST: CATALAN EDITION
Featuring poetry and translation from MPT Your Language Anticipating Mine: Focus on Catalan, hosted by Ronald Puppo with AKaiser and Marialena Carr
modernpoetryintranslation.com/mpt-podcast-...
The eagle-eyed may notice that we have a brand new website 👀.
Featuring poetry and translation from MPT Your Language Anticipating Mine: Focus on Catalan, hosted by Ronald Puppo with AKaiser and Marialena Carr
modernpoetryintranslation.com/mpt-podcast-...
The eagle-eyed may notice that we have a brand new website 👀.
MPT Podcast | Catalan Edition - Modern Poetry in Translation
Ronald Puppo speaks to AKaiser and Marialena Carr
modernpoetryintranslation.com
March 26, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Such a fun conversation! Thank you @mptmagazine.bsky.social! Thank you Ron Puppo and AKaiser!
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NEW PODCAST: CATALAN EDITION
Featuring poetry and translation from MPT Your Language Anticipating Mine: Focus on Catalan, hosted by Ronald Puppo with AKaiser and Marialena Carr
modernpoetryintranslation.com/mpt-podcast-...
The eagle-eyed may notice that we have a brand new website 👀.
Featuring poetry and translation from MPT Your Language Anticipating Mine: Focus on Catalan, hosted by Ronald Puppo with AKaiser and Marialena Carr
modernpoetryintranslation.com/mpt-podcast-...
The eagle-eyed may notice that we have a brand new website 👀.
MPT Podcast | Catalan Edition - Modern Poetry in Translation
Ronald Puppo speaks to AKaiser and Marialena Carr
modernpoetryintranslation.com
March 26, 2025 at 9:51 AM
NEW PODCAST: CATALAN EDITION
Featuring poetry and translation from MPT Your Language Anticipating Mine: Focus on Catalan, hosted by Ronald Puppo with AKaiser and Marialena Carr
modernpoetryintranslation.com/mpt-podcast-...
The eagle-eyed may notice that we have a brand new website 👀.
Featuring poetry and translation from MPT Your Language Anticipating Mine: Focus on Catalan, hosted by Ronald Puppo with AKaiser and Marialena Carr
modernpoetryintranslation.com/mpt-podcast-...
The eagle-eyed may notice that we have a brand new website 👀.
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Gift article for that Atlantic story on the illegal Signal group chat.🎁
Chris @chrisgeidner.bsky.social when you're encouraging people to read an Atlantic article, give them the gift link. As a subscriber you have unlimited gift links, so there's no excuse for not supplying your readers with a way around the pay wall.
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Gift article for that Atlantic story on the illegal Signal group chat.🎁
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Ever wanted to go behind the scenes with The Common?
Don't miss the newest episode of bestselling novelist Evelyn Skye's Creative.Inspired.Happy podcast, featuring TC Editor in Chief Jen Acker and Managing Editor Emily Everett!
buff.ly/8lzhsm8
Don't miss the newest episode of bestselling novelist Evelyn Skye's Creative.Inspired.Happy podcast, featuring TC Editor in Chief Jen Acker and Managing Editor Emily Everett!
buff.ly/8lzhsm8
How Literary Magazines Work with the Editor-in-Chief and Managing Editor of The Common
+ Writing Mentors: What Makes a Great One?
buff.ly
March 20, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Ever wanted to go behind the scenes with The Common?
Don't miss the newest episode of bestselling novelist Evelyn Skye's Creative.Inspired.Happy podcast, featuring TC Editor in Chief Jen Acker and Managing Editor Emily Everett!
buff.ly/8lzhsm8
Don't miss the newest episode of bestselling novelist Evelyn Skye's Creative.Inspired.Happy podcast, featuring TC Editor in Chief Jen Acker and Managing Editor Emily Everett!
buff.ly/8lzhsm8
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Must read. More of this please. You will NOT disappear and destroy people in our name. Safety through solidarity.
zeteo.com/p/i-am-jewis...
zeteo.com/p/i-am-jewis...
I Am a Jewish Student at Columbia. Mahmoud Khalil Is One of the Most Upstanding People I Have Ever Met
We cannot allow fascists to use the pretext of Jewish safety to attack our communities.
zeteo.com
March 16, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Must read. More of this please. You will NOT disappear and destroy people in our name. Safety through solidarity.
zeteo.com/p/i-am-jewis...
zeteo.com/p/i-am-jewis...