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Championing literary translation and translators

The Center for the Art of Translation builds a vibrant cross-cultural community through its award-winning publisher Two Lines Press, dynamic events that connect readers and translators, and the educational program Poetry Inside Out, which brings poetry translation into classrooms.

Mar 11, 2026|4:00pm
The International Library and BAM Present Clarice Lispector from Page to Screen

Join us for an event devoted to the work and life of Clarice Lispector in collaboration with the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) and The Center for Fiction.

The Center for Fiction, 15 Lafayette Ave., Brooklyn, NY
The International Library
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Mar 18, 2026|7:00pm
Brenda Navarro and Megan McDowell on Eating Ashes

Author Brenda Navarrro, on tour from Madrid, joins translator Megan McDowell to discuss Eating Ashes, Navarro’s award-winning novel about sibling love, migration, and grief.

Medicine for Nightmares, 3036 24th St., San Francisco, CA
Fiction
Mar 18, 2026|12:00pm
Contemporary Translated Works Book Group: The Week of Colors

Join us in person or online to read and discuss The Week of Colors by Elena Garro, translated from the Spanish by Megan McDowell.

Mechanics’ Institute, 57 Post St., San Francisco, CA
Book Group
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Mar 19–21, 2026
The Loose-Haired Women: A Haunted Reading Room at KALW

Bat Witch Ghost, Cuentero Productions, and Center for the Art of Translation team up to create an artist-made haunted reading room built into the lobby of the KALW studio.

KALW Studio, 220 Montgomery St., San Francisco, CA
Two Lines Press
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Journal & News

Conversations with the NEA Translation Fellows

Co-organized by YZ Chin and Jeffrey Zuckerman, the Center for the Art of Translation hosted a five-part conversation series celebrating the 2025 National Endowment for the Arts Translation Fellows and their award-winning projects, which span 17 different languages across 21 countries.

Watch the series videos