cream background with trace logo & quote from Otoniya J.Okot Bitek in River in an Ocean (trace, 2023)

Cream background with trace logo & quote from Iryn Tushabe in River in an Ocean (trace, 2023)

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Over the next few months we will re-introduce you to thought-provoking excerpts from our groundbreaking essay collection #riverinanocean

Today, we begin with @jobitek.bsky.social, @wordsweaver.bsky.social & Lisa Ndejuru

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2 books from trace press on a red moroccan carpet. River in an Ocean & Arabic, between Love and War.

What does it mean to write or translate from an antiracist, feminist, queer, & decolonial lens?

These are questions we explore in all our books at trace —where every day is #InternationalTranslationDay

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Arabic, between Love and War edited by Yasmine Haj and Norah Alkharashi ISBN: 978-1-775-2567-6-2 Poetry | Translation | Arabic   trace: translating [x] series In Arabic, the word for love حب  is one letter shorter than the word f...

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River in an Ocean: Essays on Translation river in an ocean: essays on translation ISBN 978-1-1775 2567-4-8 (paperback) Translation | Feminism | Decolonial | Transnational What are the histories, constraints, and possibilities of language in ...

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Book with off white background & title, River in an Ocean: essays on translation. With blue image by Pakistani artist Lala Rukh of moonlit river on an ocean & names of all contributors. Edited by Nuzhat Abbas

Some responses to US event, from Trinidad to Uganda, shows how far & deep US evangelical networks run.

Time to re-read Iryn Tushabe’s brilliant memoir-essay “Saved” on colonialism, religion & language in Uganda in #riverinanocean
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River in an Ocean: Essays on Translation Trace Press. 2023. 223 pages.

As #WomenInTranslationMonth comes to an end (& #TranslationMonth begins… revisiting World Literature Today’s review of #riverinanocean our feminist decolonial collection of essays on translation

River in an Ocean: Essays on Translation river in an ocean: essays on translation ISBN 978-1-1775 2567-4-8 (paperback) Translation | Feminism | Decolonial | Transnational What are the histories, constraints, and possibilities of language in ...

It’s #WomenInTranslation month— thrilled to note that #riverinanocean is now taught in Translation & creative writing programs around the world!

“Translation, here, is decolonial feminist work."
– from the Foreword by Françoise Vergès

Photo : book launch of trace press’ anthology RIVER IN AN OCEAN: ESSAYS ON TRANSLATION at UT-Innis College, June 8, 2023. Authors from L-R: Suneela Mubayi, Otoniya Okot Bitek, Geetha Sukumaran, Nedra Rodrigo & Norah Alkharashi.

Looking back to the June 2023 launch of #riverinanocean & forward to our beautiful 2025-2026 books…
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A few more days to bid & support access to communication in Gaza—trace is offering a book bundle with #riverinanocean & #ArabicBetweenLoveAndWar