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Shelley Frisch
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Translator fr German, translation activist. Latest: Peter Neumann, JENA 1800 (FSG, Feb 15); THE APHORISMS OF FRANZ KAFKA, ed. Reiner Stach (PUP, April 19)
Princeton, NJJoined October 2010
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What a pleasure it was to work with and our whole committee to read, discuss, and debate a treasure trove of translated literature, and then to select these six titles for the finalists in this year's inaugural prize!
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Congratulations to the finalists for the 2022 NBCC Gregg Barrios Book in Translation Prize!
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The College Board has bent to the pressure of DeSantis and will water down the AP curriculum-- this is revolting.
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The College Board Strips Down Its A.P. Curriculum for African American Studies | @nytimes pwne.ws/3Rs7xXU
Congratulations to all the finalists-- what a cornucopia!!
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The 2023 National Book Critics Circle Awards finalists have been announced.
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If Florida, teachers are advised to hide their books to avoid felony charges. At one school, “the kids began crying and writing letters to the principal, saying, ‘Please don’t take my books, please don’t do this.’”
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Thanks to for running the longlist appreciations by our translation committee: , , , , Tara Cheesman, , , , , and
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SCOOP! Many top donors to ' 2020 campaigns, uh, don't seem to exist. and I tried to contact these donors and found addresses and names that could not be confirmed. Please read/share.
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Do yourselves a favor and watch this.
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Tom Jones and Jennifer Hudson gave us one of the greatest moments in music television when they impromptu performed “It’s A Man’s World” on UK’s The Voice. Wow. Just, wow.
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Teacher shot by 6-year-old texted a loved one "about an hour" before she was shot, saying that the student said he had a gun in his backpack & administrators at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News weren't helping.
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Less than a week away-- and you can join us without leaving your couch at home! Finalists will be announced in an array of literary categories, including the inaugural Barrios prize for translation!! Sign up, tune in! (The in-person awards ceremony will follow in March.)
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Join us 1/31 at 7PM ET for the announcement of the finalists for the 2022 NBCC Awards. Register for this free event here: wildboundlive.com/events/nbccjan
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Join us 1/31 at 7PM ET for the announcement of the finalists for the 2022 NBCC Awards. Register for this free event here: wildboundlive.com/events/nbccjan
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Please join us on January 31 as we reveal the finalists for the 2022 NBCC awards!
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Join us 1/31 at 7PM ET for the announcement of the finalists for the 2022 NBCC Awards. Register for this free event here: wildboundlive.com/events/nbccjan
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What lovely news!! Can I infer, now that he's in vol. 3 and thus many hundreds of pages into Reiner Stach's Kafka biography, that he's enjoying it?
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Mark is knee-deep in the final book of Franz Kafka's biography, THE YEARS OF INSIGHT, by Reiner Stach (trans. by Shelley Frisch.
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Lovely news about Billy Wilder on Assignment-- soon to be in Chinese!!
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Just learned today that after the publication of Spanish, Portuguese (Brazilian), and Italian editions, there is now a Chinese edition of #BillyWilderOnAssignment in the works. Major props to @shelfrisch @PrincetonUPress @annesavarese @jodiprice_
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For context, roughly 25% of our total national debt incurred over the last 230 years actually occurred during the 4 years of the Trump administration. That's right. 25% of our entire national debt, all during the Trump years.
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House Republicans are on a mission to end wasteful Washington spending.
From now on, if a federal bureaucrat wants to spend it, they have to come before us to defend it.
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Thanks for this lovely adjective-filled appraisal of THE APHORISMS OF FRANZ KAFKA!
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4. The Aphorisms of Franz Kafka (ed. Reiner Stach, tr. @shelfrisch). A fresh, limpid translation of these gnomic and numinous fragments that offers insight into Kafka’s often inscrutable metaphysics, illuminated by Stach’s lucid commentary.
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Santos: Born 1988
Martin Luther King: Died 1968
Santos: Still lying
The guy just won't learn. But, hey....he's a Republican.
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Here's wishing Mark a speedy and full recovery! I'm glad he's being well entertained by Reiner Stach's Kafka biography in the meanwhile!
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He's actually halfway through this 
. The diary awaits a healthier Mark upon his return to the store.
. The diary awaits a healthier Mark upon his return to the store.
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Lovely new review of BILLY WILDER ON ASSIGNMENT, the book that keeps on giving
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Imagine, if you will, a world where a man is rejected for his dream job multiple times a day for all eternity
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Ahh, America. Where a Black man can win something 8 times in a row but somehow still not win.
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Thank you, Ryan, for your ringing endorsement of Reiner Stach's Kafka biography-- much appreciated.
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The Knowlson Beckett bio (Damned to Fame) is very good but the three volume bio of Kafka by Reiner Stach (tr @shelfrisch) is superlative, a work of art in and of itself
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Absolutely correct.
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Not enough people are asking why Republicans immediately removed the metal detectors that Speaker Nancy Pelosi put in place after their MAGA terrorists attacked on Jan 6. Instead, the media is worrying about the best diet foods for the new year. Wtf is wrong with this country?
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Il y a quarante ans jour pour jour sortait Billie Jean.
Qu’on le veuille ou non, il y aura un avant et un après.
Billie Jean - Barcelona Guitar Trio.
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I'm delighted that Jan Mohnhaupt's ZOOKEEPERS' WAR (in my translation) was one of your most moving/motivating/mesmerizing reads of the year!
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A few books that moved, motivated or mesmerized me in 2022.
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The Immense world @edyong209
Zookeeper's war J.W Maunhaupt / @shelfrisch
The Escape Artist @Freedland
The Treeline @BenRawlence
The Giant Dark @sarvathasin
#BooksOfTheYear #Books2022
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Happy #NewYear! I drafted a bill to recover tax dollars from Big Pharma companies that hike prices faster than the inflation rate. It was signed into law—and as of today, January 1, it's in effect!
Learn more about this and other top legislative accomplishments from 2022 ⤵️
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"In 2015, a woman in Colorado Springs called 911 after seeing a man in her neighborhood with a gun.
"The dispatcher reportedly explained to her that Colorado was an open-carry state.
"Within minutes, the man went on a shooting spree, killing 3 people."
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Every time this is posted, enrollment in German courses drops
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In non fiction these are my picks of the year - some published in 2021, but all brilliant stuff from . 2/2
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I proudly endorse this statement from Lawrence O'Donnell as I am a proud liberal as well!
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Here is the entire Tulsi Gabbard-George Santos interview in one video
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Glad you enjoyed Reiner Stach’s Kafka biography! It was a privilege to translate it— all umpteen pages!
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The Kafka biography is 
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Maybe he should have tried asking her about herself.
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This male Victoria rifle bird trying to impress a female with a mating dance
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BOTD 1901, Marlene Dietrich - here pictured strikingly in March 1945. She spent the war tirelessly working as part of the American war effort, and was later awarded the Medal of Freedom and Légion d’honneur.
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Here's Burton Pike, on the right, during our panel discussion on translation in NY a few years ago. (, , , moi, and Burton) RIP, Burton-- you will be greatly missed.
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Thanks for awesome discussions on surviving #translation @alexjzucker @shelfrisch @newm161 Tess Lewis & Burton Pike!
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