TBRs for my summer estivation. Here we go!

In Állex Leilla’s Springtime in the Bones, the city of Salvador (“obedient Bahian capital”) is a character in its own right. To celebrate the novel’s English-language debut, in my translation, I’ve prepared a photo album in collab with the author. Take a look! www.amandasarasien.com/post/a-liter...

What an honor to see my translation of Állex Leilla’s Springtime in the Bones on @wwborders.bsky.social’s April Watchlist, & in such great company. Thank you @tobiascarroll.bsky.social for highlighting the book’s “rapid-fire prose” & nimble dialogue & the feat of translating it! #WomenInTranslation

Állex Leilla's Springtime in the Bones abounds with revealing musical references. To celebrate the novel's English-language debut, in my translation, I created a playlist! Immerse yourself in the book's literary soundscape & have a listen here: open.spotify.com/playlist/5W6... #WomenInTranslation

In her latest review published in Reading in Translation, Betty author & translator @ilzeduarte.bsky.social explores Springtime in the Bones—a fierce story of survival in the face of gendered violence, written by Állex Leilla and translated by @amandasarasien.bsky.social. Read here: bit.ly/40Qnuwu

Thank you, @ilzeduarte.bsky.social for this poignant and incisive review of Állex Leilla’s Springtime in the Bones. A novel that speaks — rages — to our current moment. #womenintranslation #brazil

1st review of Állex Leilla's Springtime in the Bones is up at Hablemos escritoras & I'm so chuffed: "Sarasien’s translation preserves the original’s sensory force & emotional complexity, offering English-lang readers a work that is as unsettling as it is hypnotic." hablemosescritoras.org/posts/8605

This incredible podcast about women's voices in literature has a stellar lineup for Women's History Month, & I'm over the moon to be a part of it. We talk language, disability, Brazil, & my translation of Springtime in the Bones by Állex Leilla. Don't miss it! www.hablemosescritoras.org/posts/8539

Reaching peak hygge conditions here in Chicago. My reading for the night keeps to the theme: Orham Pamuk’s Snow, Sjón’s Codex 1962, and Josefine Klougart’s On Darkness made their way into the stack.

Launch day is creeping closer and closer. Coming March 8, 2026, International Women's Day: foreshorepublishing.com/product/spri... Bahian author Állex Leilla's "bold feminist tale of survival, vengeance, and rebirth" #BrazilianLiterature #WomeninTranslation #TBR #BookSky

Still floating on this thrilling news - my manuscript has been shortlisted in the @sfwp.bsky.social 2025 Literary Awards!

What a thrill to see my own writing included in this formidable long list!

Immensely honored that my co-translation with Elton Uliana of José Luís Peixoto’s haunting story “The Woman Who Dreamed” was nominated for a Pushcart! Thank you to @themassreview.bsky.social for featuring our work!

Cover reveal! Thanks to the very talented Rachelle Jaily for this head-turning design! #WomeninTranslation #BrazilianLiterature #booksky #booklaunch

Coming spring 2026, in my translation. Thank you, Foreshore Books, for this lovely conversation with the formidable and inimitable Állex Leilla: foreshorepublishing.com/novelist-all... #Brasil #readingintranslation #womenintranslation #brazilianliterature #booksky

Received my contributor's copy of SAGE Magazine - what a beautiful objet d'art, just look at that stitched spine! My piece "Summer" is an excerpt from a full-length manuscript which is #seekingapublisher, & it was awarded the magazine's Prose Prize! Read it here: sagemagazine.org/wp-content/u...

We are pleased to publish the list of eligible submissions to the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation in 2025. tinyurl.com/2wax9t5r The list includes 145 titles from 34 languages - plenty of reading inspiration to mark #womenintranslation month this August! #WITMonth

Bookmail! Received my pre-order of this beguiling brew of a book - a pinch of poetry, a dash of translation, a morsel of (fictional?) memoir, and a few tarot readings thrown in for good measure. Highly recommended for the flaneurs among us... aimhigher.org/books/p/roam...

“...Because I have an exciting and productive working relationship with Amanda Sarasien—an extraordinary literary stylist in her own right—I invited her to collaborate with me.” Elton Uliana & @amandasarasien.bsky.social writes for our #10Questions, on our website: massreview.org/2025/07/14/1...

Excited to present José Luís Peixoto's incantatory tale of memory, grief, and longing, together with my co-translator Elton Uliana; what a formidable table of contents! #literatureintranslation #PortugueseLiterature

So proud to see my work in this gorgeous magazine. This piece is an excerpt from a longer work for which I'm #seekingapublisher (& it won the magazine's Prose Prize!). Thank you to the editors at SAGE for this lovely object I'll soon hold in my hands! #disabilitylit sagemagazine.org/wp-content/u...

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This enticing list of 10 Novels in Translation You Should Be Reading from @electricliterature.com includes a shoutout to @furiousleeper.bsky.social for his #translation of Río Muerto, by Ricardo Silva Romero. #TBR #ColombianLiterature electricliterature.com/10-novels-in...

A bit of news: foreshorepublishing.com/foreshore-si... Thank you to Állex Leilla for entrusting me with her words, and to Foreshore for embracing this unconventional book! #LiteratureInTranslation #BrazilianLiterature

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