Joanna Chen
@joannachen1
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Writer and literary translator #binders #roadtorecovery #reconciliation #brokenworld she/her
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To translate Meir Shalev was to walk with care, on a path of melody and meaning via
@timesofisrael
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Honored to be a finalist here as translator of Yonatan Berg's FRAYED LIGHT
A huge congratulations to Yonatan Berg and
@joannachen1
: FRAYED LIGHT
@weslpress
was named a finalist of the 2019 National Jewish Book Awards!
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Something to think about today
I do not know how it is elsewhere, but here, in this country, poetry is a healing, life-giving thing, and people have not lost the gift of being able to drink of its inner strength.
Osip Mandelstam
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And The Deaf Republic is presently shaping this language with boldness and precision.
"Language of every historical period receives its definite shape through poetry"
--Milosz
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12 hours cease fire is not enough
#JewsAndArabsRefuseToBeEnemies
#humanrights
http://t.co/SiUjVpzCf5
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And yes, I'm going to the demonstration tonight.
#JewsAndArabsRefuseToBeEnemies
http://t.co/H2S5ejLaZW
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Thank you
@weslpress
A huge congratulations to Yonatan Berg and
@joannachen1
: FRAYED LIGHT
@weslpress
was named a finalist of the 2019 National Jewish Book Awards!
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But first I'll sit down with a nice cup of coffee and this beautiful new collection of poetry published by the wonderful Shearsman Books, "but first i call your name", by Hadassa Tal, finally in my hands and available for purchase in my translation.
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I interviewed Amoz Oz for Newsweek some years ago. Here are his enduring words on literature, politics and voices of the dead that won't go away.
#AmosOz
#Literature
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“My advice to other women is: speak. The only thing that will heal you is to talk.” Poet Dareen Tatour (
@dareen_tatour
) on writing and freedom:
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If you want me I'll be in the bar, I mean the library on Mount Scopus, 4th floor, where it all began and where it continues.
#librarylife
#workinprogress
#WritingLife
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@ilya_poet
Grief is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter, a strange familiar and beautiful read.
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My essay on my relationship with my mother and its painful closure
#Narratively
http://t.co/VXXq7JdXku
"She cut our family with a knife leaving herself & my father on one side & me on the other":
http://t.co/JuNmNLb1XZ
http://t.co/hDKsuYJx6A
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Keeping languages alive through poetry.
#translation
#Languages
The extraordinary
@ValzhynaMort
in conversation about poetry's role in keeping endangered languages alive, courtesy of
@Guardianbooks
:
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Frayed Light comes alive!
#poetry
#translation
Pre-publication buzz! FRAYED LIGHT by Yonatan Berg (tr.
@joannachen1
) appears as a 2019
@nytimes
Globetrotting Feature (in the Middle East section), a special edition featuring books in translation from around the world to look out for!
@weslpress
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I didn't march yesterday but I did take some time out to be with my family at the Hula Valley, and I hooked up with these strong, beautiful birds. Much to learn.
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Holidays can be the saddest of all. My latest in The Forward
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29 Gaza children killed, many injured. Children on both sides traumatized. Stop, please.
#Gaza
#Israel
#HumanRights
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"Those who love peace must learn to organize as effectively as those who love war" Martin Luther King
#humanrights
#arabsandjews
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"I am from here, I am from there, yet am neither here nor there." Mahmoud Darwish trans. M. Akash/C.Forche
#JewsAndArabsRefuseToBeEnemies
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@aliciabooks
@Narratively
Thanks so much for reading my essay and sharing it. It means a lot to me.
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The Millions : Last Words: On Michael Hastings’s The Last Magazine: A Novel
http://t.co/wX46cZSpVH
via
@The_Millions
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A Room With No View via
@curiousmag_read
just in time for Christmas
#Bethlehem
#Christmas
#MiddleEast
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A poem about death but also very much about life
http://t.co/otEVzcFOe1
with fabulous illustration by Tayfun Gulnar
@radarpoetry
#poem
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Come celebrate publication of Frayed Light with Wesleyan Poetry Series!
English poetry in Jerusalem on Thursday, December 5th — w/Yonatan Berg &
@joannachen1
— for more info:
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New Creative Writing course begins next week at David Yellin College
http://t.co/9uvdvuq8Qy.
A few places left for you
#writing
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Some thoughts behind translation of Frayed Light with thanks to
@weslpress
and
@DHLiterary
for bringing Frayed Light into the world.
#translation
#poetry
#MiddleEast
Translator’s essay, by Joanna Chen, translator of Yonatan Berg
"This idea, to draw readers in to a shared, accessible experience, guided me throughout."
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On both sides of the conflict, there are women like me at
http://t.co/DjIZ4IyLeZ
#Gaza
UnderFire
#IsraelUnderFire
#humanrights
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Over 10,000 people at demonstration + me, partner and son. Changing Direction
#JewsAndArabsRefuseToBeEnemies
http://t.co/625CGAHgzA
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@LBaxWrites
@berfrois
I can only write in coffee shops :) The problem is, I live miles away from the nearest coffee shop :)
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In Every City, A Forest
http://t.co/2hCqSJUQ3F
on Berlin, memory, music and flowers that' slide off wallpaper.
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Good stuff
"What book did you read that made you decide to become an author?"
http://t.co/0dAGHp2Uvc
@fionnualatweets
#wwwblogs
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I think I'll try this.
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@livefromgaza
I bet you can. If you can write poetry, you can write fiction/ non-fiction.
#Binders
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@SabineHuynh
What about it then? When shall we meet? So excited to do this together. Let's find the time.
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Yair Lapid, Israeli Finance Minister, there are NO limits to humaneness and compassion.
#arabsandjews
#humanrights
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In times of conflict, Wendell Berry says it like it is The Peace of Wild Things
http://t.co/JfakhiLA87
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A blast from the past but still relevant
"Suspended, graceful as deer
Freed from the bridle,
Alienated from the python."
Translated by
@joannachen1
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Go with the Goats in my latest essay in LARB
http://t.co/WA4VaoTtWk
#forests
#goatsandsheep
http://t.co/nQNsoaQl8W
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My essay on losing my brother, Andrew. Thanks to
@JenPastiloff
for believing in this.
#binders
#grief
#siblings
On Losing a Brother, Survival, and Sweet Clementines by
@joannachen1
.
http://t.co/KOZaobrwwr
http://t.co/ROK1cgGTEF
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Immigrant Identities A chance meeting on a transatlantic flight.
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@eawright
@chapter16
I love Jane Hirshfield for her generosity as a writer. "Ten WIndows" is a treasure of reflections.
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I did a lot of twirling around when I wrote this review of Devorah Blachor's fabulous book.. Twirl with me!
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Through the trees: Poetry turns to prose in times of war
#poetry
#JewsAndArabsRefuseToBeEnemies
http://t.co/CPJ5YCOvvt
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Is journalism art? Read my latest publication in Haaretz's Poem of the Week:
http://t.co/tJQrx53Dvk
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"All the sorrel stalks I sucked on / revealed nothing" My translation of Agi Mishol at
@asymptotejrnl
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You know it don't come easy - stop before more die on both sides
#IsraelUnderFire
#PalestineUnderAttack
#JewsAndArabsRefuseToBeEnemies
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Keep going, writers.
The Literary Governess: Depictions in
#Austen
,
#Bronte
, Thackeray, &
#Heyer
http://t.co/U668KpyoLE
#MondayBlogs
http://t.co/JcFf7wa38U
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Are you raising a Princess or a Feminist? The Feminist’s Guide to Raising a Little Princess is here!
#Parenting
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