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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.

Sep 1–Oct 25, 2026
Read Trans Poets: A Community Event Series in Celebration of Splendor

Bookstores in Belmont, Bozeman, Brooklyn, Decatur, Denver, London, Missoula, Pittsburgh, Quebec City, and San Francisco celebrate the release of Splendor: Trans Poets.

Multiple Cities
Two Lines Press
Sep 17, 2026|7:00pm
Splendor: Trans Poets Book Launch
with Jana Vourgourakis, Andrew Wilson, Alexis N. Garcia, and Mukethe Kawinzi
Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 9th Avenue, San Francisco, CA
Two Lines Press
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Sep 24, 2026
Day of Translation 2026

Join the Center for the Art of Translation at The Center for Fiction in Brooklyn, NY (or via livestream) for the 7th annual Day of Translation with featured keynote Emily Wilson.

The Center for Fiction, 15 Lafayette Ave., Brooklyn, NY
Festivals
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Sep 28, 2026|12:00pm
The International Library presents Elvira Navarro with Melissa Lozada-Oliva

The International Library presents Elvira Navarro and Melissa Lozada-Oliva in conversation to celebrate the publication of Blood Is Dripping Onto the Courtyard.

Online
Two Lines Press
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Graphic announcing Day of Translation 2026, Sep 24 at The Center for Fiction, in Brooklyn, NY

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Day of Translation 2026

 

The Center for the Art of Translation presents the seventh annual Day of Translation in partnership with The Center for Fiction in Brooklyn! Whether you are a literary translator, an avid reader, or simply curious about the movement of ideas across languages and cultures, come celebrate the deeply human art of translation with us.

 

This day of conversations about language and literature features three free, provocative panels on translation, broadly defined, from 1 to 6 PM, and culminates in a 7 PM ticketed keynote by translator Emily Wilson.

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