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Queer Summer Reads
Growing up adjacent to a great lake, it was inevitable that I would, at some point, find myself on a boat. One friend frequently invited me to go sailing with her family, and it was always a pretty good time. I would eat some snacks, lay out in the sun, cool off in the freshwater and return to land slightly sea drunk, jelly-legged, and strawberry. One afternoon, I arrived at the marina to meet them, expecting the usual day out on the Midwestern Sea. It was not that. As they untethered the boat from the dock, I was informed we were competing in a race. All I got was a “welcome to Team Gordon.” I’ve since blocked out or forgotten most of the details: how many miles, what place we finished, or how many hours we were out there, etc. etc. But upon returning to land, my body ached from pulling ropes and ducking and shifting and running across the deck. I was exhilarated and exhausted from the thrill.
Translation as a Collaborative Mode: An Interview with Sarah Booker
Sarah Booker
I met Sarah Booker virtually in 2018 when she spoke with a graduate student reading group about translating Cristina Rivera Garza s
The Iliac Crest. During her virtual visit, Booker was gracious enough to talk with us about her translation process, and I have kept an eye on her work ever since. In this interview, conducted over email, Booker tells WWB about what drew her to translation work, her praxis, and her vision for translation in public life.
Alex Aguayo (AA): Good morning, Sarah. To begin, could you tell me a little bit about yourself and how you became interested in literature and translation? What has your training been like?
Argentina is set to become the most populated Latin American country to legalize abortion, after a vote by the lower house of 131 to 117 in favour of the legislation put forward by President Alberto Fernández. The bill which would legalize abortion up to 14 weeks, passed after a 20-hour debate which went into Friday morning, and the result was televised to jubilation and celebration from those in approval of the pro-choice bill.
This is part of President Fernández’s pledge to prioritize women’s rights within his newly formed government, as well as LGBTQ+ rights. Given the quick onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the early stages of the new government, many have been encouraged by this commitment to meet the policies and promises that he ran an election on, despite the extenuating circumstances of the pandemic, and the heavily catholic beliefs influencing policy within Argentina.