Jordan Barger
@norsk.bsky.social
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Translator. Norwegian literature enthusiast. Iowa MFA.
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Since Bluesky is more welcome to links, here’s a link to all of my online publications! Read my translations, essays and poetry here:
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Gregory Conway
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I love the last three lines of the poem Everyday from 1966's Drops in the East Wind (trans. Robin Fulton)
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Cleveland Review of Books
3 months ago
"But of course, I should say about Pirkko Saisio: people call her a living legend." Jordan Barger interviews Mia Spangenberg, translator from the Finnish of Pirkko Saisio's "Helsinki Trilogy."
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She Has That Kind of Stature: Two Translators Talk Pirkko Saisio’s "The Helsinki Trilogy" - Cleveland Review of Books
You absolutely cannot do Finnish word for word. It would be garbage.
https://clereviewofbooks.com/mia-spangenberg-jordan-barger-pirkko-saisios-the-helsinki-trilogy/
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Check out my interview with the translator of these fine books on
@clereviewbooks.bsky.social
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Regina Napolitano
22 days ago
I have an essay out in Gulf Coast abt God & becoming an adult Catholic convert
gulfcoastmag.org/stories/how-...
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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love God - Gulf Coast Literary Journal
I converted to Catholicism earlier this year, though I dislike calling myself a Catholic convert. The phrase suggests conservative politicians like J.D. Vance, who wield Catholicism to achieve harsh ...
https://gulfcoastmag.org/stories/how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-god,4884
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Hello Bluesky! I’ve been quite busy translating in Norway this year. I’ll slowly post some of my recent activity. For now, here’s my Translation desk :)
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Joseph Schreiber
12 days ago
"Ah, I think I see him in the closet. Yeah, there he is. His hiding place was actually really good this time, only thing that gave him away was cracking the door to breathe." (original French linked below) Rest Home —Djamel Bouchenaki (tr.
@norsk.bsky.social
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minorliteratures.com/2026/02/12/r...
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Rest Home —Djamel Bouchenaki (tr. Jordan Barger)
June 25th, 2025 Today, Granddad goes to the sea. Mom says he needs peace and quiet, that he needs time to recover, so we’re taking him to a rest home west of Algiers. There, so close to the Mediter…
https://minorliteratures.com/2026/02/12/rest-home-djamel-bouchenaki-tr-jordan-barger/
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Backlight is out and the trilogy is all together! Wooo! Thanks to
@catranslation.bsky.social
for putting out these masterpieces.
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Tom Snarsky
8 months ago
mountain poem 2/31: “Holiday 1” by Yahya Hassan, translated by
@norsk.bsky.social
. Yahya Hassan was a marvelous poet I’m excited for more people to read! full text of this and a couple other YH poems:
actionbooks.org/2021/06/thre...
& the interview with YH quoted in ALFTM:
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Marianna Suleymanova
9 months ago
Working with the
@khoreo.bsky.social
team on the production of the audio version of my translation from issue 5.1 (out as a pod soon) has been a dream experience. Talented, refreshingly diverse roster of voice actors, unparalleled attention to detail. Vote for them if you can🖤📚
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Tom Snarsky
10 months ago
Svein Jarvoll, translated by Jordan Barger
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British Centre for Literary Translation
11 months ago
The British Centre for Literary Translation is now part of Bluesky 🎉 We're looking forward to connecting with new and old followers. Help us spread the word and stay tuned for updates!
#BCLT
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Follow
@circumferencemag.bsky.social
for the best in poetry in translation!
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Marianna Suleymanova
11 months ago
Bloody thrilled to share my translation of Evgenia Nekrasova’s horned tale on the perils of patriarchy. Deep gratitude to
@theoffingmag.bsky.social
for giving this banger a home🖤🩸
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RIP Dag Solstad
12 months ago
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Stagger Lee
12 months ago
15 years he's been gone now. Still think about his music most days...
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Sparklehorse – It's A Wonderful Life (Official Video)
YouTube video by Sparklehorse (Official)
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My range
about 1 year ago
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Advice from two of my favorite writers (Hesselholdt + Lutz) for everyone to stop being so specific and stringent
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ours is a poor sort of language that only allows one word at a time
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My least favorite medium (podcast) about my favorite music (Movietone + Flying Saucer Attack + Crescent) Wooo!
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Episode #66: Kate Wright and Richard King / Movietone & Planet Records (Bristol, UK)
Podcast Episode · Songs From a Padded Envelope · 01/24/2025 · 1h 14m
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/songs-from-a-padded-envelope/id1500404870?i=1000685230153
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Beyond honored to contribute a Yahya Hassan translation to this landmark anthology of Palestinian Poetry. Heaven Looks Like Us, available from
@haymarketbooks.org
in mid May 2025.
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Ruth Donnelly
about 1 year ago
Some homemade hurdy gurdy action here to brighten a dull Wednesday…
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about 1 year ago
Fishing for the Little Pike, by Juhani Karila, translated by yours truly, is a Dublin Literary Award Longlist finalist. : ) God bless the librarians.
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Just played a French scrabble tournament in Bordeaux. Went 2-3, very happy. But omg am I tired. One of the harder things I’ve ever done with my languages
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Very excited about finding three Vesaas books in French
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Translation Meme
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about 1 year ago
Interesting article about the intersection of translation, poetry, disability.
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now
@uiiwp.bsky.social
has joined Bluesky! Without them, I can’t imagine how I’d find the opportunity to work on translations from Finnish. Here, Reetta Pekkanen in Circumference.
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emptiness, spreading all afternoon | Circumference
Five poems by Reetta Pekkanen, translated from Finnish by Jordan Barger
https://circumferencemag.com/emptiness-spreading-all-afternoon/
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When I learn there’s another treat in France named pastis and it’s nothing like liquid pastis, I say put it in my hand
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Saw some Peder Balke’s tucked deep within the Louvre today. King Louis-Philippe commissioned these cus he missed northern Norway
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icy enclosures of flora in Iowa city
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Since Bluesky is more welcome to links, here’s a link to all of my online publications! Read my translations, essays and poetry here:
linktr.ee/jordanbarger
about 1 year ago
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Alina Stefanescu
about 1 year ago
Today is World AIDS Day. Lacking space to fully describe how queer theory and literature shaped (and shapes) my mind, I'm sharing this essay on Robert Gluck's magnificent ABOUT ED, published in
@clereviewbooks.bsky.social
earlier this year. đź–¤
www.clereviewofbooks.com/writing/robe...
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The Telling Makes It True: On Robert Glück’s “About Ed” — Cleveland Review of Books
The problem of love is eternity.
https://www.clereviewofbooks.com/writing/robert-gluck-about-ed
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Mikrobloggingen fortsetter
about 1 year ago
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It’s my micro-blog and I’ll show you the bookmarks in my Einar Haugen’s Norwegian English Dictionary if I want!
about 1 year ago
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I am once again polishing up my nautical and fishery terminology for Norwegian translation purposes
about 1 year ago
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Brad
over 1 year ago
The first book of poetry I translated (which I began in 2016) is now out in the world! THE SPACE OF TIME by Katarina Frostenson Translated from Swedish With Translator's Note and Afterword by Carin Franzén Published by Threadsuns Press
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If you record a 17 minute song about a tree I WILL listen
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I like when a cookie tastes like a bunch of other cookies cus it’s been hanging out with a bunch of other cookies. I imagine I taste something like that
over 1 year ago
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@bethmix.bsky.social
sup Beth?
over 1 year ago
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I’ve read 5+ books of these five writers Banana Yoshimoto Tor Ulven Scott McClanahan Kathy Acker Natsume Soseki
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over 1 year ago
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Now that I’ve been out of the luxury hotel game for 5+ years I am ready to confess that I have taken a luxurious bath in every single hotel I’ve worked in
over 1 year ago
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This is one of the hardest things I’ve ever translated and probably ever will. One if Tor Ulven’s best via
@greggerkesocrates.bsky.social
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My favorite part of driving across the country is trying to fill my water bottle amdist the cornucopia of gas-station soda fountain/milkshake/coffee/slurpee machines and I’m just looking for a tiny button that says WATER
over 1 year ago
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I am more popular than
@carystough.bsky.social
on Bluesky dot com
over 1 year ago
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Ok back on here cus everybody else is back on here, hi everybody!
over 1 year ago
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Interested in starting two tow truck companies. One called Angel Towing that only does benevolent towing only hiring mega-sweeties. The other called Devil Towing they only does evil towing only hiring tattooed bada**es.
over 2 years ago
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Turnips are my vibe
over 2 years ago
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I am simply a translator of Norwegian literature with many many book ideas, with open arms for publishers looking to capitalize on Jon Fosse’s Nobel Prize win.
over 2 years ago
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The Shoutflower - order Issue 4 now!
over 2 years ago
Issue 4 reading was a hit! Hooray! Thanks to our readers Samantha Pious, Heather Houde, Myene Yanu and John Pinto! 🖤🖤🖤🖤
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The Shoutflower - order Issue 4 now!
over 2 years ago
Hello new followers!! We love you!! You can order a bundle including Shoutflower 3 + 4 here:
www.theshoutflower.com/order
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SHOP — The Shoutflower
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