Miss Doom works in publishing, translates Russian, reads, parents, naps, finds the odd moment to reason and snark. “Miss Ada Doom Reads” on Litalist
London, England
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If you’re not into the Strugatskys, the first 8 minutes heavily feature my shitbag puppy. I talk a bit about translation, and as always, my grandma makes an appearance. Thanks @BacklistedPod for having us!
Stave off autumn's chill with the new @BacklistedPod - join Jennifer Lucy Allan (@JenniferLAllan) & Ilona Chavasse (@MissAdaDoom) @i_am_mill_i_am @birchos and me as we explore one of the great SF novels - Roadside Picnic by Arkady & Boris Strugatsky.
backlisted.fm/episodes/r2thi…
We’re all in it for the books, but really we’re all in it for the people - a lovely way to celebrate an enchanting book by a an author of great charisma. Not to mention taste in clothes!
Welcoming Pakistani author @FaiqaMansab to
@unboundsocials London offices to raise a glass to her remarkable novel, #TheSufiStoryteller @NeemTreePress. Here with author
@AAChaudhuri & agent Annette Crossland. So many worlds to discover within the pages of this literary mystery.
Where’s the context of translators @tomgauld ? 😊 Otherwise spot on as usual. #translation #translator
Ilona Chavasse retweeted
MAGA is making the claim that if you watch the entire 50 minute video, Zelensky is the antagonist.
This isn't true. At all. I was with Zelensky before this meeting and it's important to know his mindset heading in.
1/ A short 🧵on how the entire ambush went down.
If you watch the full Trump-Zelensky press conference, it is very clear that Zelensky, not Trump or Vance, became the antagonist. Both POTUS and VP were very respectful and cordial until Zelensky very publicly ignited a firestorm.
It all starts at 40:30
1) Zelensky essentially rejects how VP described the mandate of POTUS to conduct foreign affairs, and he insinuates that Trump term one did nothing to stop Putin.
2) He then basically tells Vance that his ideas are faulty and that the administration's diplomacy won't work.
These two comments are *deliberately antagonistic.* Everything was all well and good, but Zelensky took two major shots in a public forum, and they had to respond. And respond they did.
Recall, this is the guy who interfered in our electoral politics and called VP "too radical," and bashed Trump in an interview with New York Mag weeks before the election.
Zelensky is ENTIRELY at fault here. 100%.
Ilona Chavasse retweeted
This is what should be on every front page right now. What's happening in the US right now is an illegal power grab by a private citizen.
IT'S A COUP.
It's a digital coup. It's Musk who's leading it. The consequences are terrifying. And it's coming for us next.
1/
An episode with my blazingly smart ex-colleagues @alex_christofi and @Arifa_Akbar and podcasting crush current colleague @johnmitchinson and also Fyodor, hard to fall in love with, impossible to forget.
Today's @BacklistedPod is a re-run classic from 2021 featuring Dostoevsky's novella, Notes from Underground, the founding text of dystopian fiction with writers @Arifa_Akbar, @alex_christofi, @i_am_mill_i_am and me plus a new intro from @birchos. "Enjoy"
backlisted.fm/episodes/231-n…
The weekend earworm, Jacques Brel existing through every phrase of Ne Me Quitte Pas as though he’s only just thought of it and it’s about to end him.
#chanson #amour #jacquesbrel #earworm
youtu.be/Vz6r0TP4FBI?si=4-lH…
So here’s a quick look at the headlines
It looks like everything is fucked
The world is ending, we’re all done for
And now the weather with Christine
Literally a death cult now. Against women. Against the planet. For the rich getting richer, which is not the satisfying “fuck you” to the liberals you might think it is. Throwing up is an appropriate response, yes? Going to go do that.
Because of *reasons* the algorithm has started serving me reels and listicles about capybaras. I’m really totally fine with this.
That’s another #FrankfurtBookFair with @unbounders - lots of bad coffee, good schnitzel and endless conversations about books. – at Southall, London
A poem for #NationalPoetryDay
Please don’t do that, it’s disgusting
My abhorrence is sincere
I was young, naive and trusting,
Then your tongue went in my ear.
I like to mark this day with a photo of St. Jerome, patron saint of translators, demonstrating what we look like when, after ten minutes of parsing assorted active verbs, we confidently go back to “she said”. – at Barnet, London
To all our readers and translators, happy #InternationalTranslationDay2024! The world is a richer place for it.
We love what we do—advocating for the role of translators in world literature—and we need your help to carry on. Sign up to support the cause:
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Prepare for fireworks.
NEW from Susannah Walker @QuadRoyal
Burning Down the House 🔥
A vital exposé of the ugly truths behind England’s most beloved stately homes.
Find out more: unbound.com/books/burning-do…
Uncomfortable seats AND lifelong debt sounds bad. If you find a world’s greatest teacher to teach brain surgery in bitesize lessons, I’ll definitely think about enrolling in your university.
things so modern over at @watchhouse_uk they’ve dispensed with putting up prices, but coffee was excellent, not gonna lie…
