J. Bret Maney
@jbretmaney
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Associate Professor of English at @LehmanCollege, CUNY. Americanist. Literary Translator. Digital Humanist. Dad to C+E. He/him.
Bronx, NY
Joined April 2016
These poems, first published on WWB in 2021, are meditations on the Congo River’s links to memory and exile. Read Fiston Mwanza Mujila’s “Two Poems” (tr. @jbretmaney) here: https://t.co/US2Wv4J0jN
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The long-awaited follow up to the Booker International-nominated TRAM 83 (also tr. @rolandglasser), THE VILLAIN'S DANCE is Fiston's second novel available in English, and his 3rd book with Deep Vellum (following the poetry collection THE RIVER IN THE BELLY, tr. @jbretmaney).
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We're hiring a director of composition on a professorial line with a 0/1 load and $80-90k starting salary at @LehmanCollege, a great place to teach! Review of applications starting in March. Please share widely! https://t.co/Gb9ZpaaWYL
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Wow! Brilliant first review of my latest translation, a labour of love and persistance through the (long) Covid years. I’m immensely proud of it, and so pleased and honoured to be bringing Fiston’s second novel into English. Huge thanks to @willevans for his patient support!
Rave @PublishersWkly review for Fiston Mwanza Mujila's VILLAIN'S DANCE , the long-awaited follow-up novel to his International Booker-shortlisted debut, TRAM 83, translated brilliantly once again by @rolandglasser! Translation supported by @villa_albertine!
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Please consider joining me in supporting Manhattan College faculty by donating to their legal defense fund at https://t.co/KKLFhEwuH6. Today's article in the @chronicle by @meganzahneis details the college admin's disregard for tenure protections, legal precedent & basic fairness
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Faculty at Manhattan College are seeking to raise funds for legal se… Manhattan College Faculty needs your support for Help Defend Tenure at Manhattan College
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.@ManhattanEdu, you cannot at once profess the Lasallian values of "faith, respect, education, community and social justice" & intimidate your faculty who have devoted their careers to uplifting your students & institution. Live up to your values!
chronicle.com
The institution says cuts are needed, but some faculty members argue the plan “undermines tenure at the college, the foundation of academic freedom.”
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Our 100 Notable African Books of 2023 list is here! We are thrilled to share some of the most enriching and captivating fiction, poetry, and non-fiction books of 2023. Shout out to all the authors and publishers for their work! Please enjoy, and share! 🥳 https://t.co/eTUxGYv56S
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Join us for a CUNY Salute to Hip Hop at Lehman College in The Bronx! We celebrate the women of #HipHop & the 30th Anniversay of the release of U.N.I.T.Y. by the legendary @IAMQUEENLATIFAH @LehmanCollege RSVP REQUIRED https://t.co/Qz6lXBIR38
#HipHopHistoryMonth #HipHop50 #UNITY
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Get ready for an epic in person & online event celebrating Hip Hop's 50th anniversary--the beats, roots, rhymes and folx who make it real.
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The Austrian Riveter: Fiston Mwanza Mujila: An Introduction by J. Bret Maney https://t.co/9Xz9po2Mn8
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Only 10 days left to submit your entry to the Sundial House Translation Award! We seek translations from Spanish/ Catalan/ Asturian/ Galician/ Portuguese into English. We are particularly interested in works by lesser-known authors. Details: https://t.co/riyLa2mcNU
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A bit under 2 months left to submit your work to the Sundial House Literary Translation Award! We seek translations from Spanish, Galician, Catalan, Asturian, and Portuguese to English. Please send us your entries by August 1st: https://t.co/riyLa2mcNU
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Digital Showcase for @CUNYGCDI tomorrow, Wednesday, at 6:30 PM. Register Online. In-person: https://t.co/wGR3gWlBAz Online Registration: https://t.co/uq9BCqUE41
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Our centennial, bilingual edition of Gabriela Mistral's Desolación, which we published in 2022, is now also available via @ColumbiaUP! Translated by Inés Bellina, Anne Freeland, and Alejandra C. Quintana Arocho. https://t.co/LXUrt2NUQL
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At DirectHers, five Digital Humanities students embark on an ambitious XML encoding project that explores the incredibly diverse, worldwide voices of women film directors and focuses light on their work in a digitally encoded collection!
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🌏 ANNOUNCEMENT! 🌍 Submissions to the 2024 Sarah Maguire Prize for Poetry in Translation are now OPEN! The winners will be awarded £3000 and shortlisted books will feature in a retail partnership with the @PoetryBookSoc! Rules and info here:
poetrytranslation.org
The 2026 Sarah Maguire Prize for Poetry in Translation is now open for submissions The Poetry Translation Centre invites international publishers to submit entries for the fourth biennial Sarah...
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The @GC_CUNY Digital Showcase returns this year in hybrid format. My Praxis grad students launch projects on BIPOC women film directors, Wampanoag political agency & the Great British Bake Off. Join us in person or via livestream! https://t.co/zsLnwIQbtT
@mkgold @lmrhody
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The 2023 Manifesto on Literary Translation is out now! Honored to have worked with an amazing group of translators to draft this statement. Please read and share!
pen.org
Translation plays a role in the globalization of everything from forms of artistic expression to laws, scientific knowledge, and politics.
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APRIL 29th, join us for the fifth installment of Colloquy: Translators in Conversation, with readings and discussion from Kaiama Glover, @AaronC_Poetry , and @urayoannoel on translating the Caribbean. RSVP to attend: https://t.co/s9hatl7WVc
#NationalPoetryMonth
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NYC: Save the date! Saturday, May 13, noon! 🤩 @PENworldvoices w/ @AntonHur Alexa Frank @augiewatts @jenniferlcroft! https://t.co/reDyiJKy1W
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