![]() ![]() Her father died the year before, and her mother is living in the Canary Islands with a new partner. Sofía is thirty-five and her husband has left her. ![]() Starting from the idea of the “translator as curator,” every year a different renowned literary translator will select three titles to be published in the same month by Open Letter Books and promoted as an intellectual bundle. This year's triptych curated by Katie Whittemore features works by three important, contemporary women writers from Spain: Wolfskin by Lara Moreno, Mothers Don't by Katixa Agirre, and Bad Handwriting by Sara Mesa. ![]() This summer Open Letter Books launched a new program designed to honor and empower literary translators by emphasizing their role in the discovery, curation, and promotion of international literature. August is Women in Translation Month! Join the Transnational Literature Series at Brookline Booksmith, Brazos Bookstore in Houston, Community Bookstore in Brooklyn, and Third Place Books in Seattle for a virtual event with translator Katie Whittemore to celebrate the premier of Open Letter's Translator Triptych series. She will be in conversation with writers Mark Haber, Lynn Steger Strong, and Azareen Van Der Vliet Oloomi. ![]()
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