Women in Translation 2022 Details!

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#WITreadathon

Dates: Monday, August 8thSunday, August 14th (midnightmidnight your time zone)

MAIN IDEAS:
• Slow down and go deeper
• Find playfulness and joy

Prompts:
1) Read a book from a language you’ve read before
a. Newer WIT reader option: Try a work in translation from a country you’ve read about in your own language
b. More challenging option: Read a book from an author you’ve read before

2) Revisit a book you’ve already read
a. Newer WIT reader option: Read a work in translation recommended to you by a friend, bookseller, or librarian
b. More challenging option: Reread a WIT book

3) Read a book that brings you joy (in subject matter, tone, style, etc.)

4) Bonus prompt: Buddy read with us! Oksana Zabuzhko’s Fieldwork in Ukrainian Sex (translated from Ukrainian by Halyna Hryn)


Women in Translation Month was originated by the blogger Meytal Radzinski: https://biblibio.blogspot.com

Matthew’s Channel:    / @matthewsciarappa  
Kendra’s Channel:    / @kendrawinchester  

My new page! You can buy me a coffee (once or monthly): https://kofi.com/insertlitpun

Ukraine Links:
I recommend Anton's videos:    • How Kyiv lived under the Russian siege.  
Razom (emergency response): https://razomforukraine.org/
The Kyiv Independent (news organization): https://www.gofundme.com/f/kyivindepe...
Help Ukrainian pets: https://www.avmf.org/programs/disaste... AND https://www.ifaw.org/caen/news/emerg...

Bookshop.org (US): https://bookshop.org/shop/insertlitpun
Blackwell's (UK, free US shipping): https://www.blackwells.co.uk?a_aid=insertlitpun


[Note: These are affiliate links. No pressure at all to buy from these sources (or to buy books in the first place), but if you do choose to buy through these links, I'll receive a small portion of the sale with no extra cost to you.]

Some independent presses we recommend (feel free to suggest more in the comments):
Pushkin Press (https://www.pushkinpress.com/)
Europa Editions (https://www.europaeditions.com/catalo...)
Stories from an Unbound Europe (https://nupress.northwestern.edu/cont...)
Peirene Press (https://www.peirenepress.com/)
Istros Books (http://istrosbooks.com/products/catal...)
Graywolf Press (https://www.graywolfpress.org/)
Charco Press (https://charcopress.com/)
Catapult (https://books.catapult.co/)
NYRB Classics (https://www.nyrb.com/collections/fort...)
Milkweed Editions (https://milkweed.org/)
Archipelago Books (https://archipelagobooks.org/languages/)
FitzCarraldo Editions (https://fitzcarraldoeditions.com/authors)
CATranslations (https://www.catranslation.org/)
Deep Vellum Press (https://deepvellum.org/)
Comma Press (https://commapress.co.uk/books/)
Tilted Axis Press (https://www.tiltedaxispress.com)


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This is not a sponsored video, and unless otherwise stated, I bought these books myself.