Alejandra Oliva Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Alejandra Oliva

Does anyone know anything about Emma Craufurd, who appears to be the first translator of Simone Weil into English? She did Waiting for God, Gravity and Grace, and Perrin's Simone Weil as We Knew Her, and she's just a....blank space online as far as any kind of info

Alejandra Oliva

Man, Kathleen Norris all day everyday on the quotidian mysteries (another one of her books, which I love) https://t.co/h13gjE9aBh

Alejandra Oliva

Just started reading Karen Olsson's THE WEIL CONJECTURES and just vibrating at how good and crunchy it is so far

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Alejandra Oliva

@taylormclarke oh i loved sourdough! robin sloan's books are really fun (i loved mr. penumbra's 24-hour bookstore also), but i have not read the deb olin unferth so looking into that now :)

Alejandra Oliva

My book, RIVERMOUTH, is available for preorder, out on 6/20! A meditation on the U.S.'s immigration system, translation, and what we owe to one another: https://t.co/a5d4SllKys

Alejandra Oliva

Ringing in #WomenInTranslation month by reading @sarahkbooker's brilliant, weird translation of @MonaOjedaF's brilliant, weird JAWBONE @Coffee_House_

Alejandra Oliva

On the anniversary of Virginia Woolf's death, here's an essay I wrote for @ElectricLit on immigration, waves, THE WAVES, rivers and despair https://t.co/PwI6MMDsR7

Alejandra Oliva

oh! Alicia Kennedy's NO MEAT REQUIRED https://t.co/tsuFIQyim5

Alejandra Oliva

Reading my copy of Eros the Bittersweet w/my annotations from 2015 for corny personal reasons (anniversaries) and here! Is a seedling of what would become Rivermouth, just living in the margin of this book https://t.co/V3gDG6Vuan

Alejandra Oliva

@taylormclarke oh i loved sourdough! robin sloan's books are really fun (i loved mr. penumbra's 24-hour bookstore also), but i have not read the deb olin unferth so looking into that now :)