A Museum for the World to See
An important new museum that explores Portugal's history of dictatorship and resistance, increasingly relevant with the rise of the far right elsewhere.
A Book Fair!
My day at the 86th Lisbon Book Fair, where I checked out Portugal's publishers and bought more books than I can carry home.
Meeting the Illustrators
I meet all three illustrators of books I've translated at the opening of an exhibit of works by the Brazilian-Portuguese artist Yara Kono.
A Moving Target: Historical Research and Gentrification
A walking tour through the rapidly gentrifying neighborhood where my main character lived 50 years ago.
Returning to Portugal and Seeing the Changes
Thoughts on returning to Portugal, seeing the changes, and researching a historical novel that takes place there in 1966.
The Advice Columnists of Passages Academy, Staten Island
My morning in Staten Island, speaking to the students and staff at Passages Academy as part of a program sponsored by PEN and Literature for Incarcerated Teens.
My New Deli MOC
I describe how I built my second Lego modular MOC, a deli with a duplex apartment upstairs.
Advocating for Chicano Children’s Authors and Representation at the PEN World Voices Festival
A write-up of the PEN World Voices Festival highlighting the Tomás Rivera Award and the need for better representation of Mexican Americans in children's books.
Contracts panelists, from left, Jacqueline Ko, Juliet Grames, Shelley Frisch, and moderator Alex Zucker.
Contracts: The Third Bridge Series Panel on Translation
My report on the third panel of the Bridge Series on Translation, which discussed contracts, copyright, fees and royalties, and relations with agents.
A selection of favorite translated books in my home library.
Where Do You Want to Go Today? Reading Global Literature in Translation
I recently joined with other translators and advocates for translation to start a group called Global Literature in Libraries Initiative. According to the mission statement, "the Global Literature in Libraries…
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