Queen of Swords is less a biography & more the record of Jazmina Barrera being haunted by the ghost/spirit/idea of Mexican author Elena Garro. Told in weaving vignettes drawn from deep research in Garro's archives, you'll probably feel haunted by the end too. Out on 11/11

Finished reading the #poetry anthology "Cigarettes Until Tomorrow: Romanian Poetry." amzn.to/3IOhhex 📖🇷🇴 This was just exceptional...except for the fact that none of the contributors have books in English I can get. Ah well. #books #reading #poems @twolinespress.bsky.social #BookSky #PoetrySky

One week from today at @citylightsbooks.bsky.social in San Francisco: "Celebrating Euphrase Kezilahabi," presented by @catranslation.org / @twolinespress.bsky.social. I'll be reading from ROSA MISTIKA and conversing w/ the endlessly thoughtful Annmarie Drury :) www.catranslation.org/event/jay-bo...

Brooklyn! Hope to see you today at booth #626 at the @bkbookfest.bsky.social! We've got translated literature and you can walk away with brand new tote for your book haul if you sign up for our membership today: www.catranslation.org/books/member...

As the name suggests, the new #poetry anthology "Hair On Fire: Afghan Women Poets" presents #poems by women from a country where they haven't always been allowed to write. Here's the link to my interview with "Fire" editor Sarah Coolidge. paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖🇦🇫

Come see us this Sunday at booth #626 at the @bkbookfest.bsky.social! We'll have our latest books, backlist favorites, and...our brand new membership tote bag available for anyone who joins as a Two Lines Press member! www.catranslation.org/books/member...

Join us TODAY for the DAY OF TRANSLATION 2025 at The Center for Fiction in Brooklyn, NY. Free in-person or virtual registration open now for our three 12-5 pm panels. The first 3 events will be livestream and video links will be emailed to everyone who registered a couple of weeks after the event.

Want to expand your view of world literature in ways you couldn't previous have guessed at? Join as a Two Lines Press member by 9/21 and receive a brand new tote bag and a year's worth of books that come highly praised by @themountaingoats.bsky.social! www.catranslation.org/books/member...

Through the mail slot today. Grace Period by Maria Judite de Carvalho, translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa. www.catranslation.org/shop/book/gr... @catranslation.org @twolinespress.bsky.social

GRACE PERIOD by the wonderful Maria Judite de Carvalho, translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa @twolinespress.bsky.social Some thoughts from me on the novella here (and on Goodreads). Many thanks to Two Lines for the ARC! mandysuzannewong.substack.com/p/grace-period

"In focusing only on five poets, Hair on Fire brings their stature into focus, recognizing these writers’ place in a global, feminist canon. You could never make me believe that poetry has no meaningful effect—not when collections like this exist." www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2025/09...

Starting next Friday! Join me and the other incredible 2025 NEA Translation Fellows as we share a glimpse of our projects across five Friday Zooms. Register here to tune into the whole series: www.catranslation.org/event/works-...

We're 1 week away from DAY OF TRANSLATION 2025! Join us on 9/18 at The Center for Fiction in Brooklyn, NY. Free in-person or virtual registration open now for our three 12-5 pm panels. *Please note the keynote with Jhumpa Lahiri and Katie Kitamura is SOLD OUT.

We're 5 days into our Member Drive! There's no better time to join as a Two Lines Press member! We have a brand new tote for you, and a slate of incredible forthcoming books this fall, starting with SEA NOW by Eva Meijer, tr. Anne Thompson Melo! Join by 9/21! www.catranslation.org/books/member...

Delighted to share that THE QUEEN OF SWORDS by Jazmina Barrera, out soon in English with @twolinespress.bsky.social (tr. Christina MacSweeney), was longlisted for the National Book Award for Translated Literature—congratulations! 🎉 @nationalbook.bsky.social www.indentagency.com/la-reina-de-...

Congratulations to Two Lines authors & translators Jazmina Barrera, Christina MacSweeney, Mohamed Kheir, and Robin Moger 🎉 Sleep Phase and The Queen of Swords are both longlisted for the 2025 National Book Award for Translated Literature. 📚 www.catranslation.org/books/#displ...

Today until 9/21, all NEW Two Lines Press members will receive the new CAT @catranslation.org tote bag! A membership gets you early access (w/ free U.S. shipping included) for all our books (8-10/year), plus exclusive member gifts. Join us! www.catranslation.org/books-member...

We're hiring a temporary, part-time Operations Assistant. This is an in-person role that supports the day-to-day operations of our San Francisco office and keeps our accounts, book memberships, and programs running smoothly. Apply by 9/22. www.catranslation.org/about/opport...

New on Book Post: Robert Lee Williams resonates with “traumatic powerlessness” in the work of Astrid Roemer. Read here→ books.substack.com/p/review-rob... @twolinespress.bsky.social

One month from today @citylightsbooks.bsky.social in San Francisco (and via livestream): "Celebrating Euphrase Kezilahabi – with Jay Boss Rubin and Annmarie Drury." I'll be reading from Rosa Mistika, and in conversation with a fellow translator of Kezilahabi. Karibuni! citylights.com/events/celeb...

In BACKLIGHT by Pirkko Saisio (translated from the Finnish by Mia Spangenberg), “the personal and political are not collapsed but interlinked, and revolution is closely tied with sensuality.” Read a novel from @twolinespress.bsky.social for #WITMonth: www.catranslation.org/shop/book/ba...

#WITMonth still rolling @twolinespress.bsky.social

if you have a scratch and don't mind committing to getting 12 books, the subscription is awesome. stuff you've never heard of showing up in the mail once a month. I am v. excited for the Afghan Women Poets volume coming in the fall www.catranslation.org/books/member...

this reminds me I should also mention @twolinespress.bsky.social in my list of great translation houses. if you only read Two Lines publications for a year you'd emerge having expanded your view of world literature in ways you couldn't previously have guessed at

#SFinTranslation from Independent American Publishers: www.sfintranslation.com?p=14995 @openletterbooks.bsky.social @deepvellum.bsky.social @graywolfpress.bsky.social @ndbooks.bsky.social @twolinespress.bsky.social @europaeditions.bsky.social

Want them all, @twolinespress.bsky.social 😍 www.catranslation.org/books/#displ...

We 💚 SELF-PORTRAIT IN GREEN by Marie NDiaye, translated by Jordan Stump!! www.catranslation.org/shop/book/se...

Only one thing I think of when I think of lighthouses wordswithoutborders.org/read/article... @twolinespress.bsky.social @catranslation.org

Pirkko Saisio's LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR, translated from Finnish by Mia Spangenberg, is in wonderful company in the PEN America Translation Committee's #WomenInTranslationMonth reading list! cc: @catranslation.org

August is Women in Translation Month #WITMonth and we're happy to see 3 @twolinespress.bsky.social titles "Mending Bodies," "Backlight," and "The Queen of Swords" on @clmporg.bsky.social's reading list! 👀📚 www.clmp.org/news/a-readi...

"Barrera has written a gentle meditation on those sea-swept edifices, reflecting on solitude and lostness, nostalgia and madness." We love this review of Jazmina Barrera's ON LIGHTHOUSES, translated by Christina MacSweeney: www.thedartmouth.com/article/2025...

👀 New Jazmina Barrera coming November 11th from @twolinespress.bsky.social!

Tuesday July 22: "The Day We Were Dogs" by Elena Garro; translated by Megan McDowell. "The day we were dogs wasn't just any day, though it started the same as usual."

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"A fierce examination of the unexamined life." GRACE PERIOD by Maria Judite de Carvalho, tr. by Margaret Jull Costa received a 🌟starred🌟 review from Kirkus! www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

Started reading the #ShortStory anthology "Unusual Fragments: Japanese Stories." amzn.to/447VMwl 📖🇯🇵 Started strong with "Hole In The Sky," Nobuko Takagi's#ShortStory about a typhoon. #books #reading @twolinespress.bsky.social

it’s @catranslation.bsky.social / @twolinespress.bsky.social mail day, hell yeah

Jasper says there's only four more days to shop our CAT Days of Summer Sale! All of our books, are 30% off (40% off if you're a member): www.catranslation.org/books/#displ...

"In an unnamed, imaginary city, the government comes up with an idea to salvage its failing economy and latent social crisis: literally sewing living human beings together." Michelle Chan Schmidt reviews MENDING BODIES for @publicbooks.bsky.social www.publicbooks.org/the-origin-o...

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It's the CAT Days of Summer Sale 🐈⛱️! All @twolinespress.bsky.social books are 30% off TODAY through 7/20 only (*40% off for Two Lines Press Members!). Now's the time to stock up on your summer reads! www.catranslation.org/books/

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A great time to pick up your own beautiful copy of Unusual Fragments! www.catranslation.org/shop/book/un...

It's HOT, so we're having a CAT Days of Summer Sale! 🐈 All of our books will be 30% off through 7/20 (40% off for Two Lines Press Members!). Now's the time to stock up on your beach and poolside translations! 😎https://www.catranslation.org/books/

The Inside Literary Prize ceremony is TONIGHT! We and @catranslation.bsky.social are so honored that ON A WOMAN'S MADNESS is a finalist for this remarkable prize. Hear what Astrid had to say about ON A WOMAN'S MADNESS on her episode of The Freedom Takes below!

The Big 5 publishers get a lot of attention...let's give small ones some well-deserved airtime. #20Indiebookchallenge Choose 20 small-press books you've either read or want to read, in no particular order. Just covers and the publisher's name. Publisher: @catranslation.bsky.social 10/20 #litfic

Rachel Cordasco: "I put together a list of the presses that are based in the US that publish SF in translation. There are eight. @europaeditions.bsky.social, @graywolfpress.bsky.social, @twolinespress.bsky.social, @deepvellum.bsky.social, @ndbooks.bsky.social, @openletterbooks.bsky.social." 📚Eight!

A phenomenal book deserving of ALL THE PRIZES—! I've read it twice now, and it won't be the last two times.

Astrid Roemer's ON A WOMAN'S MADNESS, translated by Lucy Scott is a finalist for the 2025 @freedomreads.bsky.social Inside Prize, the only US based literary prize judged exclusively by incarcerated people. Read an interview with one of the judges for the prize, here: www.kjzz.org/the-show/202...

5 DAYS LEFT! Submit by JULY 6: Open call for translations of literature from Asia and Oceania. Our publisher, @twolinespress.bsky.social‬, is looking for samples of novels, story collections, and literary non-fiction. More information here ➡️ www.catranslation.org/books/submit...