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October 27, 2026
Books Inc. Campbell at the Prunyard
Best Literary Translations 2026
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Dmitri Manin, who translates between Russian and English, read "Unboxing," a poem by Nikolai Zabolotsky from Best Literary Translations 2024, and "At the Fishmonger's," a poem from the collection Columns, also by Zabolotsky, in Manin's translation. I read from my translation of Brazilian author Marilia Arnaud's story "She Bird," featured in Best Literary Translations 2026. We had a lively discussion about the works we read and about some of the challenges and joys of our work as literary translators. 

October 24, 2026
Lit Crawl, San Francisco
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For Lit Crawl, the free literary event capping the San Francisco Litquake festival, poet and Korean to English translator Cindy Ok and I read from our translations in Best Literary Translations 2026 at the charming Curio Bar. I read from the story "She Bird" by Brazilian author Marilia Arnaud. Works featured in the 2026 editions of the anthology were translated from the Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, Old English, German, Arabic, Italian, Swahili, and Braj Basha. Even more source languages are represented in the 2024 and 2025 editions.

ALTA 49, October 23, 2026
Translators Reviewing Translations: The Give and Take of Giving Back
Moderator: D. P. Snyder
Panelists: Ilze Duarte, George Henson, Stiliana Milkova (not pictured), Emma Murray
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Book reviews play a vital role in bringing attention to literature in translation. Translators are especially well positioned to review translations with rigor, cultural insight, and linguistic expertise. Reviewing is also a form of professional and intellectual exchange: it sharpens critical skills, deepens engagement with the work of others, and creates space for conversation about the art and craft of translation. The panelists reflected on that give and take, shared their experiences as reviewers, what this task asks of them and what it gives in return, and offered practical advice for translators interested in getting started, thus encouraging our colleagues to see reviewing translated literature as a meaningful way of giving back to the larger translation community.

ALTA 49, October 22, 2026
Offsite Reading
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Thirteen translators read from their work in Best Literary Translations 2026 at the delightful Postcard Bookshop, a bookstore for word travelers in Portland, OR. Owner Patrick Leonard welcomed us, and translator Monika Cassel emceed. I read from my translation of Marilia Arnaud's short story "She Bird." Works read at this event were translated from the Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, Old English, German, Arabic, Italian, Swahili, and Braj Basha. Even more source languages are represented in this and in the 2024 and 2025 editions of the anthology.

August 20, 2026
PEN America's Women in Translation Reading Series
Session 2
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Brazilian author Claudia Nina and I took turns reading an excerpt from Nina's novella Benedita in the original Portuguese and English translation.

Watch the video here. 

ALTA 48, October 2025
Visions and Versions: Translating Lusophone Literature into English

Moderator: Ilze Duarte (for Cristina Pinto-Bailey, who couldn't attend)

Panelists: Elizabeth Lowe, Thomas Mira y Lopez

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This panel addressed the multiple visions of Lusophone cultures and versions and variations of the Portuguese language, and how such differences are rendered in translation. Our panelists work with the literatures of different countries and regions—from Portugal and Brazil to Mozambique and Macau—and spoke about their experiences, addressing topics such as the differences in spoken language across the Lusophone world; differences between written and spoken language; and the regional and cultural differences seen within such a large country as Brazil. Some of the panelists are members of the Portuguese-English Literary Translators Association (PELTA) and spoke briefly about the organization, its purposes, and resources it offers to translators at different stages in their careers.

August 7, 2025

Banter Bookshop in Fremont, CA​

A conversation with fiction writer and Stegner Fellow Kathleen Wheaton about The Book of Affects by Marilia Arnaud, in my translation, followed by Q&A and book signing

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April 25, 2025

A reading from the novel Sketch in Stone and Dream by Marilia Arnaud in my translation

for Sant Jordi NYC 2025. I am seeking a publisher for this title.

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Watch the video here.

April 17, 2025

A Literary Salon

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I read from the story "Sunflowers in Hell," in Arnaud's

short story collection The Book of Affects, in my translation.

The session recording is available on the WTAW Press YouTube channel.

February 12, 2025

The Book of Affects book launch

201 Casa Hispanica, 612 West 116th Street, NYC

Starting at 5 p.m.

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December 5, 2024
The Book of Affects
Book talk and signing
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November 6, 2024
A conversation with author and translator
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O vídeo agora se encontra disponível no canal Oasys Cultural do YouTube.

April 27, 2024
The Book of Affects
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For Sant Jordi USA 2024, writer and poet Jesse Lee Kercheval interviewed me about my translation work. I spoke briefly about two novels by Marilia Arnaud then read an excerpt from "Sunflowers in Hell," a story in Arnaud's The Book of Affects. 

 You can watch the session on YouTube, starting at 2:59:40.

Ilze Duarte Literary Translator

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