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Sandorf Passage publishes work that creates a prismatic perspective on what it means to live in a globalized world. It is a home to writing inspired by both conflict zones and the dangers of complacency.
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Khrystia Vengryniuk’s THE HAMLET CALLED AMERICA (tr. Dmytro Kyyan and Kate Tsurkan, @sandorfpassage.bsky.social) takes us to an isolated Ukrainian village with “bits of superstition, folklore, unexplained moments, and a bit too much familial togetherness.” bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
The Hamlet Called America
In The Hamlet Called America, Khrystia Vengryniuk has brilliantly rendered a mostly isolated village--full of eccentric characters living, loving, and losing together--and in doing so has created an…
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September 30, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Khrystia Vengryniuk’s THE HAMLET CALLED AMERICA (tr. Dmytro Kyyan and Kate Tsurkan, @sandorfpassage.bsky.social) takes us to an isolated Ukrainian village with “bits of superstition, folklore, unexplained moments, and a bit too much familial togetherness.” bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
Here’s our take: Most take-havers don’t read long, thoughtful essays.
September 28, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Here’s our take: Most take-havers don’t read long, thoughtful essays.
And at some point, there are bound to be publishers and editors that will publish a full AI translation because it’s cheap and easy. That’s the biggest danger: the incremental acceptance of AI in parts of the process could very well become the process. And this is true beyond publishing, of course.
September 15, 2026 at 5:33 PM
And at some point, there are bound to be publishers and editors that will publish a full AI translation because it’s cheap and easy. That’s the biggest danger: the incremental acceptance of AI in parts of the process could very well become the process. And this is true beyond publishing, of course.
They’re sharing around AI samples and manuscripts to start the conversation, and are transparent about it. But for anyone who regularly reads translated work, the AI is so flat and canned, it is a disservice to the author. And when an actual translator has done a short sample it’s even worse.
September 15, 2026 at 5:09 PM
They’re sharing around AI samples and manuscripts to start the conversation, and are transparent about it. But for anyone who regularly reads translated work, the AI is so flat and canned, it is a disservice to the author. And when an actual translator has done a short sample it’s even worse.
Yes. Seems like more and more agents and rights folks are favoring AI translated manuscripts over short samples translated by people.
September 15, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Yes. Seems like more and more agents and rights folks are favoring AI translated manuscripts over short samples translated by people.
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A Reading List for National Translation Month 2026 - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses
For National Translation Month, observed annually during the month of September, we asked our member magazines and presses to share some of the literature they have published in translation. …
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September 1, 2026 at 5:45 PM