Ezra E. Fitz
1901 Portway Road
Spring Hill, TN 37014
[email protected]
www.ezrafitz.com
Education:
Princeton University. A.B. in Comparative Literature received June 2000.
Work Experience:
Managing Editor, Turner Publishing. January 2021-
Library Technician, Spring Hill Public Library. June 2018-December 2020
Peter Taylor Fellow for the Kenyon Review Translation Workshop. July 2019.
Provided translation services to Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán: Drug Baron, a scripted TV miniseries for Netflix/Univisión Story House. 2017.
Instructor, University of Illinois Program in Applied Translation. 2011-2014.
Freelance Writer, Editor, and Translator. 2002-Present.
Artistic Program Reviewer, New York State Council on the Arts Literary Program. Fall 2006-2008.
Guest Editor, A Public Space Magazine. Fall/Winter 2006.
Faculty Fellow. Columbia University Department of Spanish and Portuguese, 2003-2004.
Literary Associate, RLR Associates, New York City. Fall 2001-Spring 2003.
Editorial Assistant, St. Martin’s Press, New York City. Fall 2000-Fall 2001.
Intern, Seven Stories Press, New York City. Summer 1999.
Intern, Vanderbilt University Press, Nashville, TN. Summer 1998.
Published Books:
The Life and Death of a Minke Whale in the Amazon River and Other Stories of the Brazilian Rainforest by Fábio Zuker. Milkweed Editions. Spring 2022.
Breathe by Santiago Lange. Red Bull Media House. Spring 2021.
The Robots are Coming: The Future of Jobs in the Age of Automation by Andrés Oppenheimer. Vintage/Anchor. April 2019.
You Always Change the Love of Your Life (For Another Love or Another Life) by Amalia Andrade. Penguin Books. January 2019.
Stranger: The Challenges of Being a Latino Immigrant in the Trump Era by Jorge Ramos. Vintage/Anchor. February 2018.
The Family Interrupted by Eloy Urroz. Dalkey Archive Press. August 2016.
Take A Stand: Lessons from Rebels by Jorge Ramos. Penguin/Celebra. March 2016.
Forgiveness: A Memoir by Chiquis Rivera. Simon & Schuster/Atria Books. April 2015.
Speak Up!: Finding My Voice Through Hope, Strength, and Determination by Eddie “Piolín” Sotelo. Penguin/Celebra. March 2015.
The Morning Side of the Hill by Ezra E. Fitz. 2 Leaf Press. October 2014.
Why Soccer Matters by Pelé. Penguin/Celebra. April 2014.
Chasing the Sun by Juanes. Penguin/Celebra. April 2013.
Bamboo City by Israel Centeno. Wild Age Press. April 2012.
Friction by Eloy Urroz. Dalkey Archive Press. December 2010.
A Country for All: An Immigrant Manifesto by Jorge Ramos. Random House/Vintage Books, June 2010.
Legends en Español by the editors of the magazine “People en Español.” Penguin Group USA, September 2008.
The Gift of Time: Letters from a Father by Jorge Ramos. William Morrow, June 2008.
The Obstacles by Eloy Urroz. Dalkey Archive Press. July 2006.
The World Cup 2006: The Ultimate Guide to the World’s Greatest Sports Spectacle by Fernando Fiore. HarperCollins/Rayo. May 2006.
Shorts: Stories by Alberto Fuguet. HarperCollins/Rayo, November 2005.
The Silenced Cry: One Woman’s Diary of a Journey to Afghanistan by Ana Tortajada. St. Martin’s Press/Thomas Dunne Books, August 2004.
The Latino Wave: How Hispanics Will Elect the Next American President by Jorge Ramos. HarperCollins/Rayo, June 2004. Audiobook published August 2004. Paperback edition published April 2005.
The Movies of My Life by Alberto Fuguet. HarperCollins/Rayo, October 2003. Paperback edition published November 2005.
Returning as Shadows by Paco Ignacio Taibo II. St. Martin’s Press/Thomas Dunne Books, December 2002.
Published Stories, Chapters, Articles, and Reviews:
Thus We Lost the Generation that Changed Spain by Pablo de Llano. True Story Foundation Award, January 2021.
Nothing’s Older than the Recent Past by JP Cuenca. Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas, Volume 102, Spring 2021.
From Blog to Blog: Twenty Years Later by JP Cuenca. Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas, Volume 102, Spring 2021.
Ballad of Exasperation by Fabrício Cortaletti. Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas, Volume 102, Spring 2021.
The Discreet Strength of Mercedes Barcha by Felipe Restrepo Pombo. Words Without Borders, November 2020.
Sweat by Alberto Fuguet. The Kenyon Review, September 2020.
Butterflies on the Wall by Yanina Rosenberg. Trampset, September 2020.
A Thundering Silence by Felipe Restrepo Pombo. Words Without Borders, April 2020.
The Intimate Immensity of Sheep by Marcelo Maluf. Excerpted in Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas, Volume 52-2. December 2019.
Interview of Mamede Mustafa Jarouche by Marie Hélène Catherine Torres. Excerpted in Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas, Volume 52-2. December 2019.
It Would Be Night in Caracas by Karina Sainz Borgo. Reviewed for On the Seawall, October 15, 2019.
A Southerly Gale: Francisco Toledo, 1940-2019 by Cuauhtémoc Medina. E-Flux Journal #103, October 2019.
Hold Fast Your Crown by Yannick Haenel. Reviewed for On the Seawall, June 18, 2019.
Lagoon by Álvaro Bisama. Excerpted in Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas, Volume 51-1. Spring 2019.
Neon Cemeteries by Andrés Felipe Solano. Excerpted in Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas, Volume 51-1. August 2018.
We Met by Chance by Vanessa Núñez Handal. Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas, Volume 51-1. August 2018.
History of a Conversation: A Political Profile of Mario Vargas Llosa by Felipe Restrepo Pombo. Words Without Borders, March 2018.
Latitudes by Piedad Bonnett. Words Without Borders, September 2017.
Lost Causes by Oscar Collazos. Words Without Borders, September 2017.
The Origins of the FARC: An Interview with Sergeant Pascuas by Alfredo Molano. Words Without Borders, September 2017.
When Lampeão Met Dioguinho by Antônio Todoro dos Santos. Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas, Volume 49:1-2 (The Brazilian Backlands: Literature, Film, Music, Art). Fall 2016.
The Act of Our Lady of Mercy, a play by Ariano Suassuna. Excerpt from the final act. Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas, Volume 49:1-2 (The Brazilian Backlands: Literature, Film, Music, Art). Fall 2016.
Barren Lives by Graciliano Ramos. Chapter 9: “Baleia.” Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas, Volume 49:1-2 (The Brazilian Backlands: Literature, Film, Music, Art). Fall 2016.
The Chase, from The Backwoodsman by José de Alencar. Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas, Volume 49:1-2 (The Brazilian Backlands: Literature, Film, Music, Art). Fall 2016.
Castrolence by Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo. E-Flux Journal #68
Alamar: An Oblique Approach by Amaury Pacheco del Monte. E-Flux Journal #68
Artist Against Artist by Sandra Ceballos. E-Flux Journal #68
On Censorship and Other Demons by Enrique Colina. E-Flux Journal #68
The Putinization of Cuban Art by Antonio José Ponte. E-Flux Journal #68
Crowding, Congregating, and Conglomerating: The First Part of Don Quixote by Eloy Urroz. Review of Contemporary Fiction. Fall 2015.
Castroneirics: A Dreamitaph for Fidel (The Exquisite Cadaver) by Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo. E-Flux Journal #56. July 2015.
Lost by Alberto Fuguet. Anthologized in Flash Fiction International: Very Short Stories from Around the World. W.W. Norton. April 2015.
Two Returns (Dos regresos) by Alberto Fuguet. The Brooklyn Quarterly #2. 2014.
Art and the Cultural Turn: Farewell to Committed, Autonomous Art? by Irmgard Emmelhainz. E-Flux Journal #42. February 2013.
Translation is like...: Defining the Craft by Ezra E. Fitz. Translation Review 81: Special Nueva York Issue. 2011.
Story of Survival by Ezra E. Fitz. Momentum Magazine, with the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. October 2010.
Criticism and Experience by Bernardo Ortiz Campo. E-Flux Journal #13. February 2010.
Probabilidad by Eloy Urroz. PEN America #13: Lovers. November 2010.
One, Two, Three, and Four Rabbits by Aura Estrada. Harper’s Magazine. February 2010.
One, Two, Three, and Four Rabbits by Aura Estrada. The Boston Review. November/December 2009.
Faulkner, Borges, and the Translation of “The Wild Plams:” the Evolution of Borges’ Theory Concerning the Role of the Reader in the Game of Literature with Earl E. Fitz. Faulkner Journal, Fall 2009.
The Polish Boxer by Eduardo Halfón. Words Without Borders. July 2009.
The ‘New Left’ and Democratic Governance in Latin America, Ariel C. Armony and Cynthia J. Arnson, editors. Smithsonian Institution/Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
The Shadow of Iran in Argentina Takes a Suspicious Shape by Hugo Alconada Mon. Smithsonian Institution/Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
Bilateral Iranian-Nicaraguan Relations During a Year of Sandinista Government: Rhetoric or an Anti-System Foreign Policy? by Félix Maradiaga and Javier Meléndez. Smithsonian Institution/Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
Ortega’s “Citizen Power” in Nicaragua: Democratic Participation or Authoritarian Populism? by Carlos F. Chamorro. Smithsonian Institution/Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
Comparative Peace Processes in Latin America by Carlos Ivan Degregori. Smithsonian Institution/Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
Iran in Latin America: Threat or Axis of Annoyance? by César Montúfar. Smithsonian Institution/Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
Deep Black Holes: An Interview with Miguel Gutiérrez. A Public Space Magazine, Issue 03, 2007.
Interrogating Samantha by Guillermo Fadanelli. BOMB Magazine, Winter 05-06.
Priscilla: Neither Lover Nor Master by Tamara Díaz Bringas. BOMB Magazine, Winter 05-06.
Regina José Galindo: An Interview with Francisco Goldman. BOMB Magazine, Winter 05-06.
Latin America and the Holocaust. Various articles by Moacyr Scliar and Roney Cytrynowicz. Ilan Stavans/University of Wisconsin Press, 2003.
Honors and Distinctions:
Judge for PEN/America’s Edward and Lily Tuck Prize for Paraguayan Literature. 2019.
Judge for PEN/America’s Translation Award. 2018.
Judge for PEN/America’s Edward and Lily Tuck Prize for Paraguayan Literature. 2016.
Nominated for the PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation. Awarded to a translator whose career has demonstrated a commitment to excellence through the body of his or her work. 2015.
Resident, Banff International Literary Translation Centre. June 2010.
Honored by The Tennessean newspaper at the annual Forum Banquet for Three-Star Writers. 2009 and 2010.
Selected to present Gregory Rabassa with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2008 Brazilian Studies Association. March 2008.
Featured in Princeton Alumni Weekly article entitled “In Other Words: Learning the Art of Translation.” May 10 2006.
January/February 2004 BookSense 76 Pick for the English-Language translation of The Movies of My Life.
Kiriyama Prize. 2004 Notable Book Award for the English-language translation of Returning as Shadows.
2003 Faculty Fellowship, Columbia University. This is the highest award presented by the University to incoming graduate students.
Professional Conferences:
2018 American Literary Translators Association. Bloomington, Indiana. Moderator of panel Two’s Company: On Teamwork and Cotranslation.
2017 American Literary Translators Association. Minneapolis, Minnesota. Moderator of panel titled Fifty Years of Solitude: Reflections on a Modern Classic.
2016 American Literary Translators Association. Oakland, California. Member of panel titled Chile and Argentina in Translation.
2016 PEN World Voices Festival. New York, NY. Moderator of panel titled Translating Nonfiction: When Words Become Walls.
2015 American Literary Translators Association. Tucson, Arizona.
2015 Book Expo America, on behalf of the PEN/America Translation Committee. Giving a talk entitled Baiting the Hook: How to Catch an Editor’s Interest.
2015 New Spaces of Translation: Third International Conference. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Panel member of Lives in Translation: An Inter-Generational Dialogue.
2014 American Literary Translators Association. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Panel member of Professional Literary Translators: Do They Exist and Can They Pay the Bills?
2008 Brazilian Studies Association. Tulane University. Panelist.
2006 Northeast Modern Language Association Conference, Philadelphia. Panel Organizer and Chair of Spanglish: New American Language or Cancer on the Tongue of La Lengua?
2005 Northeast Modern Language Association Conference, Boston. Presenter of You Can Choose Your Friends, But You Can’t Choose Your Family: Alberto Fuguet and Gabriel García Márquez.
Guest Lectures:
New York University. TRAN1-GC3510: Translation for New Media. May 2019.
University of Iowa. This Crucial Art: April Editors Series. April 2019.
Mills College. MFA in Translation Workshop: How to Translate Dialogue and Slang. Spring 2018.
Vanderbilt University. “Gregory Rabassa: A Celebration.” Fall 2017.
Tufts University. Delivered the 2017 Langsam-Barsam-Simches Lecture titled “Noveling and Translating Luis Cernuda.”
University of Houston-Victoria. MFA program in Applied Literary Translation. Summer 2016.
Vanderbilt University. SPAN 4550: Theory and Practice of Literary Translation. Spring 2016.
University of Iowa. MFA Translation Workshop: How to Submit Manuscripts and Get Published. Spring 2016.
Vanderbilt University. MHS 201: Fundamental Issues in Medicine, Health, and Society. Fall Semester, 2008.
Vanderbilt University. SPAN 389-1: Special Topics: Celebrity in Latin American Literature. Spring Semester 2007.
Vanderbilt University. SPAN 294-04: Special Topics: Hollywood in Latin American Literature. Fall Semester 2006.
Professional Memberships:
American Literary Translators Association. 2014-present. Served on the Conference Committee from 2016-2017.
PEN/America. 2003-Present. Also member of the PEN Translation Committee.
Northeast Modern Language Association. 2004-2006.
Readings:
The Kenyon Review Peter Taylor Fellows Reading. Gambier, OH. 2019.
PEN World Voices Festival. Translation Slam. Nuyorican Poets Café. New York City. 2016.
City of Asylum Jazz Poetry Concert. Pittsburgh. September 2011.
Conversation with Alberto Fuguet and Ezra Fitz. Nashville. March 2010.
World Voices: A Festival of International Literature. Bowery Poetry Club. New York City. May 2008.
PEN/America’s “World in Translation Month.” New York City. May 2003.
Community Service:
Served on the Spring Hill Arts Center Board of Directors, 2016.
Volunteer AAU youth wrestling coach of the Spring Hill Spartans. Winter 2015-2016.
Social Media Ambassador for Gilda’s Club for “The Big Payback.” May 2015.
Young Ambassador for Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, 2009-2010.
I’m Too Young For This! Cancer Foundation/Nashville Predators Present “Hockey Fights Cancer Night.” October 2008.
Princeton representative for the 2008 Williamson County College Night.
Gilda’s Club Nashville. Regular clubhouse volunteer. 2006-present. Honored as 2008 Volunteer of the Year.
Princeton Prize in Race Relations. Member of committee to award the 2007 prize.
John Kerry ’04 Campaign. Interpreter and canvasser. Broward Country, FL. October 2004.
Last Minute Toy Shop. Interpreter and general volunteer. Nashville, TN. December 2004.
New York City Department of Parks & Recreation. South Beach Park cleanup. Staten Island, NY. Spring 2002.
1901 Portway Road
Spring Hill, TN 37014
[email protected]
www.ezrafitz.com
Education:
Princeton University. A.B. in Comparative Literature received June 2000.
Work Experience:
Managing Editor, Turner Publishing. January 2021-
Library Technician, Spring Hill Public Library. June 2018-December 2020
Peter Taylor Fellow for the Kenyon Review Translation Workshop. July 2019.
Provided translation services to Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán: Drug Baron, a scripted TV miniseries for Netflix/Univisión Story House. 2017.
Instructor, University of Illinois Program in Applied Translation. 2011-2014.
Freelance Writer, Editor, and Translator. 2002-Present.
Artistic Program Reviewer, New York State Council on the Arts Literary Program. Fall 2006-2008.
Guest Editor, A Public Space Magazine. Fall/Winter 2006.
Faculty Fellow. Columbia University Department of Spanish and Portuguese, 2003-2004.
Literary Associate, RLR Associates, New York City. Fall 2001-Spring 2003.
Editorial Assistant, St. Martin’s Press, New York City. Fall 2000-Fall 2001.
Intern, Seven Stories Press, New York City. Summer 1999.
Intern, Vanderbilt University Press, Nashville, TN. Summer 1998.
Published Books:
The Life and Death of a Minke Whale in the Amazon River and Other Stories of the Brazilian Rainforest by Fábio Zuker. Milkweed Editions. Spring 2022.
Breathe by Santiago Lange. Red Bull Media House. Spring 2021.
The Robots are Coming: The Future of Jobs in the Age of Automation by Andrés Oppenheimer. Vintage/Anchor. April 2019.
You Always Change the Love of Your Life (For Another Love or Another Life) by Amalia Andrade. Penguin Books. January 2019.
Stranger: The Challenges of Being a Latino Immigrant in the Trump Era by Jorge Ramos. Vintage/Anchor. February 2018.
The Family Interrupted by Eloy Urroz. Dalkey Archive Press. August 2016.
Take A Stand: Lessons from Rebels by Jorge Ramos. Penguin/Celebra. March 2016.
Forgiveness: A Memoir by Chiquis Rivera. Simon & Schuster/Atria Books. April 2015.
Speak Up!: Finding My Voice Through Hope, Strength, and Determination by Eddie “Piolín” Sotelo. Penguin/Celebra. March 2015.
The Morning Side of the Hill by Ezra E. Fitz. 2 Leaf Press. October 2014.
Why Soccer Matters by Pelé. Penguin/Celebra. April 2014.
Chasing the Sun by Juanes. Penguin/Celebra. April 2013.
Bamboo City by Israel Centeno. Wild Age Press. April 2012.
Friction by Eloy Urroz. Dalkey Archive Press. December 2010.
A Country for All: An Immigrant Manifesto by Jorge Ramos. Random House/Vintage Books, June 2010.
Legends en Español by the editors of the magazine “People en Español.” Penguin Group USA, September 2008.
The Gift of Time: Letters from a Father by Jorge Ramos. William Morrow, June 2008.
The Obstacles by Eloy Urroz. Dalkey Archive Press. July 2006.
The World Cup 2006: The Ultimate Guide to the World’s Greatest Sports Spectacle by Fernando Fiore. HarperCollins/Rayo. May 2006.
Shorts: Stories by Alberto Fuguet. HarperCollins/Rayo, November 2005.
The Silenced Cry: One Woman’s Diary of a Journey to Afghanistan by Ana Tortajada. St. Martin’s Press/Thomas Dunne Books, August 2004.
The Latino Wave: How Hispanics Will Elect the Next American President by Jorge Ramos. HarperCollins/Rayo, June 2004. Audiobook published August 2004. Paperback edition published April 2005.
The Movies of My Life by Alberto Fuguet. HarperCollins/Rayo, October 2003. Paperback edition published November 2005.
Returning as Shadows by Paco Ignacio Taibo II. St. Martin’s Press/Thomas Dunne Books, December 2002.
Published Stories, Chapters, Articles, and Reviews:
Thus We Lost the Generation that Changed Spain by Pablo de Llano. True Story Foundation Award, January 2021.
Nothing’s Older than the Recent Past by JP Cuenca. Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas, Volume 102, Spring 2021.
From Blog to Blog: Twenty Years Later by JP Cuenca. Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas, Volume 102, Spring 2021.
Ballad of Exasperation by Fabrício Cortaletti. Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas, Volume 102, Spring 2021.
The Discreet Strength of Mercedes Barcha by Felipe Restrepo Pombo. Words Without Borders, November 2020.
Sweat by Alberto Fuguet. The Kenyon Review, September 2020.
Butterflies on the Wall by Yanina Rosenberg. Trampset, September 2020.
A Thundering Silence by Felipe Restrepo Pombo. Words Without Borders, April 2020.
The Intimate Immensity of Sheep by Marcelo Maluf. Excerpted in Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas, Volume 52-2. December 2019.
Interview of Mamede Mustafa Jarouche by Marie Hélène Catherine Torres. Excerpted in Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas, Volume 52-2. December 2019.
It Would Be Night in Caracas by Karina Sainz Borgo. Reviewed for On the Seawall, October 15, 2019.
A Southerly Gale: Francisco Toledo, 1940-2019 by Cuauhtémoc Medina. E-Flux Journal #103, October 2019.
Hold Fast Your Crown by Yannick Haenel. Reviewed for On the Seawall, June 18, 2019.
Lagoon by Álvaro Bisama. Excerpted in Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas, Volume 51-1. Spring 2019.
Neon Cemeteries by Andrés Felipe Solano. Excerpted in Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas, Volume 51-1. August 2018.
We Met by Chance by Vanessa Núñez Handal. Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas, Volume 51-1. August 2018.
History of a Conversation: A Political Profile of Mario Vargas Llosa by Felipe Restrepo Pombo. Words Without Borders, March 2018.
Latitudes by Piedad Bonnett. Words Without Borders, September 2017.
Lost Causes by Oscar Collazos. Words Without Borders, September 2017.
The Origins of the FARC: An Interview with Sergeant Pascuas by Alfredo Molano. Words Without Borders, September 2017.
When Lampeão Met Dioguinho by Antônio Todoro dos Santos. Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas, Volume 49:1-2 (The Brazilian Backlands: Literature, Film, Music, Art). Fall 2016.
The Act of Our Lady of Mercy, a play by Ariano Suassuna. Excerpt from the final act. Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas, Volume 49:1-2 (The Brazilian Backlands: Literature, Film, Music, Art). Fall 2016.
Barren Lives by Graciliano Ramos. Chapter 9: “Baleia.” Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas, Volume 49:1-2 (The Brazilian Backlands: Literature, Film, Music, Art). Fall 2016.
The Chase, from The Backwoodsman by José de Alencar. Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas, Volume 49:1-2 (The Brazilian Backlands: Literature, Film, Music, Art). Fall 2016.
Castrolence by Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo. E-Flux Journal #68
Alamar: An Oblique Approach by Amaury Pacheco del Monte. E-Flux Journal #68
Artist Against Artist by Sandra Ceballos. E-Flux Journal #68
On Censorship and Other Demons by Enrique Colina. E-Flux Journal #68
The Putinization of Cuban Art by Antonio José Ponte. E-Flux Journal #68
Crowding, Congregating, and Conglomerating: The First Part of Don Quixote by Eloy Urroz. Review of Contemporary Fiction. Fall 2015.
Castroneirics: A Dreamitaph for Fidel (The Exquisite Cadaver) by Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo. E-Flux Journal #56. July 2015.
Lost by Alberto Fuguet. Anthologized in Flash Fiction International: Very Short Stories from Around the World. W.W. Norton. April 2015.
Two Returns (Dos regresos) by Alberto Fuguet. The Brooklyn Quarterly #2. 2014.
Art and the Cultural Turn: Farewell to Committed, Autonomous Art? by Irmgard Emmelhainz. E-Flux Journal #42. February 2013.
Translation is like...: Defining the Craft by Ezra E. Fitz. Translation Review 81: Special Nueva York Issue. 2011.
Story of Survival by Ezra E. Fitz. Momentum Magazine, with the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. October 2010.
Criticism and Experience by Bernardo Ortiz Campo. E-Flux Journal #13. February 2010.
Probabilidad by Eloy Urroz. PEN America #13: Lovers. November 2010.
One, Two, Three, and Four Rabbits by Aura Estrada. Harper’s Magazine. February 2010.
One, Two, Three, and Four Rabbits by Aura Estrada. The Boston Review. November/December 2009.
Faulkner, Borges, and the Translation of “The Wild Plams:” the Evolution of Borges’ Theory Concerning the Role of the Reader in the Game of Literature with Earl E. Fitz. Faulkner Journal, Fall 2009.
The Polish Boxer by Eduardo Halfón. Words Without Borders. July 2009.
The ‘New Left’ and Democratic Governance in Latin America, Ariel C. Armony and Cynthia J. Arnson, editors. Smithsonian Institution/Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
The Shadow of Iran in Argentina Takes a Suspicious Shape by Hugo Alconada Mon. Smithsonian Institution/Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
Bilateral Iranian-Nicaraguan Relations During a Year of Sandinista Government: Rhetoric or an Anti-System Foreign Policy? by Félix Maradiaga and Javier Meléndez. Smithsonian Institution/Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
Ortega’s “Citizen Power” in Nicaragua: Democratic Participation or Authoritarian Populism? by Carlos F. Chamorro. Smithsonian Institution/Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
Comparative Peace Processes in Latin America by Carlos Ivan Degregori. Smithsonian Institution/Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
Iran in Latin America: Threat or Axis of Annoyance? by César Montúfar. Smithsonian Institution/Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
Deep Black Holes: An Interview with Miguel Gutiérrez. A Public Space Magazine, Issue 03, 2007.
Interrogating Samantha by Guillermo Fadanelli. BOMB Magazine, Winter 05-06.
Priscilla: Neither Lover Nor Master by Tamara Díaz Bringas. BOMB Magazine, Winter 05-06.
Regina José Galindo: An Interview with Francisco Goldman. BOMB Magazine, Winter 05-06.
Latin America and the Holocaust. Various articles by Moacyr Scliar and Roney Cytrynowicz. Ilan Stavans/University of Wisconsin Press, 2003.
Honors and Distinctions:
Judge for PEN/America’s Edward and Lily Tuck Prize for Paraguayan Literature. 2019.
Judge for PEN/America’s Translation Award. 2018.
Judge for PEN/America’s Edward and Lily Tuck Prize for Paraguayan Literature. 2016.
Nominated for the PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation. Awarded to a translator whose career has demonstrated a commitment to excellence through the body of his or her work. 2015.
Resident, Banff International Literary Translation Centre. June 2010.
Honored by The Tennessean newspaper at the annual Forum Banquet for Three-Star Writers. 2009 and 2010.
Selected to present Gregory Rabassa with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2008 Brazilian Studies Association. March 2008.
Featured in Princeton Alumni Weekly article entitled “In Other Words: Learning the Art of Translation.” May 10 2006.
January/February 2004 BookSense 76 Pick for the English-Language translation of The Movies of My Life.
Kiriyama Prize. 2004 Notable Book Award for the English-language translation of Returning as Shadows.
2003 Faculty Fellowship, Columbia University. This is the highest award presented by the University to incoming graduate students.
Professional Conferences:
2018 American Literary Translators Association. Bloomington, Indiana. Moderator of panel Two’s Company: On Teamwork and Cotranslation.
2017 American Literary Translators Association. Minneapolis, Minnesota. Moderator of panel titled Fifty Years of Solitude: Reflections on a Modern Classic.
2016 American Literary Translators Association. Oakland, California. Member of panel titled Chile and Argentina in Translation.
2016 PEN World Voices Festival. New York, NY. Moderator of panel titled Translating Nonfiction: When Words Become Walls.
2015 American Literary Translators Association. Tucson, Arizona.
2015 Book Expo America, on behalf of the PEN/America Translation Committee. Giving a talk entitled Baiting the Hook: How to Catch an Editor’s Interest.
2015 New Spaces of Translation: Third International Conference. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Panel member of Lives in Translation: An Inter-Generational Dialogue.
2014 American Literary Translators Association. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Panel member of Professional Literary Translators: Do They Exist and Can They Pay the Bills?
2008 Brazilian Studies Association. Tulane University. Panelist.
2006 Northeast Modern Language Association Conference, Philadelphia. Panel Organizer and Chair of Spanglish: New American Language or Cancer on the Tongue of La Lengua?
2005 Northeast Modern Language Association Conference, Boston. Presenter of You Can Choose Your Friends, But You Can’t Choose Your Family: Alberto Fuguet and Gabriel García Márquez.
Guest Lectures:
New York University. TRAN1-GC3510: Translation for New Media. May 2019.
University of Iowa. This Crucial Art: April Editors Series. April 2019.
Mills College. MFA in Translation Workshop: How to Translate Dialogue and Slang. Spring 2018.
Vanderbilt University. “Gregory Rabassa: A Celebration.” Fall 2017.
Tufts University. Delivered the 2017 Langsam-Barsam-Simches Lecture titled “Noveling and Translating Luis Cernuda.”
University of Houston-Victoria. MFA program in Applied Literary Translation. Summer 2016.
Vanderbilt University. SPAN 4550: Theory and Practice of Literary Translation. Spring 2016.
University of Iowa. MFA Translation Workshop: How to Submit Manuscripts and Get Published. Spring 2016.
Vanderbilt University. MHS 201: Fundamental Issues in Medicine, Health, and Society. Fall Semester, 2008.
Vanderbilt University. SPAN 389-1: Special Topics: Celebrity in Latin American Literature. Spring Semester 2007.
Vanderbilt University. SPAN 294-04: Special Topics: Hollywood in Latin American Literature. Fall Semester 2006.
Professional Memberships:
American Literary Translators Association. 2014-present. Served on the Conference Committee from 2016-2017.
PEN/America. 2003-Present. Also member of the PEN Translation Committee.
Northeast Modern Language Association. 2004-2006.
Readings:
The Kenyon Review Peter Taylor Fellows Reading. Gambier, OH. 2019.
PEN World Voices Festival. Translation Slam. Nuyorican Poets Café. New York City. 2016.
City of Asylum Jazz Poetry Concert. Pittsburgh. September 2011.
Conversation with Alberto Fuguet and Ezra Fitz. Nashville. March 2010.
World Voices: A Festival of International Literature. Bowery Poetry Club. New York City. May 2008.
PEN/America’s “World in Translation Month.” New York City. May 2003.
Community Service:
Served on the Spring Hill Arts Center Board of Directors, 2016.
Volunteer AAU youth wrestling coach of the Spring Hill Spartans. Winter 2015-2016.
Social Media Ambassador for Gilda’s Club for “The Big Payback.” May 2015.
Young Ambassador for Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, 2009-2010.
I’m Too Young For This! Cancer Foundation/Nashville Predators Present “Hockey Fights Cancer Night.” October 2008.
Princeton representative for the 2008 Williamson County College Night.
Gilda’s Club Nashville. Regular clubhouse volunteer. 2006-present. Honored as 2008 Volunteer of the Year.
Princeton Prize in Race Relations. Member of committee to award the 2007 prize.
John Kerry ’04 Campaign. Interpreter and canvasser. Broward Country, FL. October 2004.
Last Minute Toy Shop. Interpreter and general volunteer. Nashville, TN. December 2004.
New York City Department of Parks & Recreation. South Beach Park cleanup. Staten Island, NY. Spring 2002.
