Center for the Art of Translation: SF literary nonprofit

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.

Events

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Mar 4–8, 2026

Two Lines Press @ AWP 2026

Visit the Two Lines Press booth at AWP and join us for Indie Press Happy Hour

Baltimore Convention Center, 1 W. Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD

Conferences

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

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Journal & News

Our shared humanity is more wild and beautiful than one narrow-minded agenda.

May 27, 2025

Our Response to the Recent NEA Announcement Terminating Grants

By Michael Holtmann

Mar 31, 2025

March 2025 Translation News Roundup

Article | Mar 28, 2025

Poetry Inside Out Teaching Fellow Spotlight: Danielle Surrette

Reading List | Mar 25, 2025

A Feminist Reading / Watch List From Iran

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