Glossolalia

Glossolalia is the translation magazine of PEN America. Glossolalia advocates for writers with limited access to the global reading community. By publishing works from lesser-translated languages, we connect storytellers to audiences eager for a vivid, mind-expanding look at experiences unlike their own. 

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Issue 1: Africa

The inaugural issue of Glossolalia, formerly known as Passages, features writing from the African continent’s LGBTQ+ community. Contributors include Zanele Muholi, Billy Kahora, Mia Cuoto, and many more.

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Issue 2: Women Writing Brazil

The second issue of Glossolalia features an all-female lineup of Brazilian writers. Contributors include Eliane Brum, Lygia Fagundes Telles, Noemi Jaffe, and many more.

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Issue 3: We Agree on Nothing—New Writing From China

The third issue of Glossolalia features contemporary writing from mainland China. Contributors include Han Song, Gu Xiang, Li Chengpeng, and many more.

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Antonio AielloSeries Editor
Diane Mehta, Editor
Brianna Goodman, Managing Editor

Regional Editors:

Billy Kahora, Africa
Eric M. B. Becker, Brazil
Mirna Quieroz Dos Santos, Brazil
Canaan Morse, China
Eleanor Goodman, China
Arunava Sinha, South Asia

Editorial Interns:

Alexandra O’Connell
Coryna Ogunseitan
Jesse Shuman
Danielle Zuckerman

 

This trilogy was made possible with generous funding from FJC, A Foundation of Philanthropic Funds. Special thanks to Christiane Alsop, patron, and the Brazil National Library.

Many thanks to our generous supporters:

Christiane Alsop, Karen Sullivan, Michelle Orabona, Gavin Grant, Amelia Gray, Kwame Anthony Appiah, Lauren Cerand, Joseph Wright, Mollie Rodriguez, Jim McElroy, Nicky Agate, Eliza Factor, Rita Harris, Finbarr Farragher, Terry Furlong, Brandy Panagos, Tom Goodell, Kristen Leigh, Douglas Candano, Gabriel Vogt, Angela Lau, M. R., Branon Lyle, Antoine Wilson, Robin Sloan, Lacy S. Wolfe, Sandra Smith, Margaret Jull Costa, Eitan Kensky, Balthazar, Rick Turoczy, David Chamberlain, Joshua Rush, Asher Norris, Jody Amdal, Peter Warshaw, Michelle Collins, Kimberly Haining, Keelia, Albert E. Shear, Tori Jo, Shelley Anderson, Holly Henderson, Charles Flot, Diane Tobin, Evan Fallenberg, Jerolyn Crute Sackman, Charlotte Ennis, Michelle Tashakor, Sara Medlicott, Galen Maynard, Jerónimo M.M., Filomena Antunes, Jacob Rogers, Julia Marden, Richard Visick, Mary Jane Karp, Jordan Ellenberg, Eleanor, Rachel Yellin, Gerry McKeown, Ashley Honeysett, Steven Arntson, Ben Nichols, Eóin P. Galvin, Natasha Chisdes, Julia Taylor, Heather Ehlers, Michelle Wing, Susan Gualtier, Jennifer McPhee, Steve Wales, Lauren Reed, Stéfan Németh, John Winkelman, J Glenn Grigsby, Rob Winters, Stephane Robolin, Kristine Dietriche, Susan Gilbert, Hillary Major, Tze-Wen Chao, Carmen Bendixe, Jaime Manrique, Ria Burnett, Justin Lowe, Bedene Greenspan, Jim Paugh, David W. Weaver, Lauren Hoffman, Stefan Jungcurt, Paul Nasrat, Michael Fransioli, Ross Williams, Danny Mendoza, Matt Newsome, Mey Rad, Christoph Wagner, Evie Shockley, Kelley McGill, Krista Domin, Tom Flynn, Peggy Elliott, Kyle McCafferty, Andrew Koury, Austin Wilson, Katie Jagel, Alysara Mayers Green, Konstantin Tatarinov, Sophie Brookover, Jonathan Carson, Jenny Colvin, Sharyn November, Tim Horvath, Norman Rush, Liz Lesnick, J. Stzuk, Shelly Berry, Mary Whisner, Mimi Epstein, Sadie Gold-Shapiro, JCK Griffin, Laura Woofter, Jocelyn Allen, Martha Benco, Blanche Boyd, Rachel Kaiser, Kit Novotny, Lowell Frye, Belle Cushing, Iza Wojciechowska, Nathan Rostron, Ineke Justitz, Stephen Loiaconi, Joe Nachison, Charlie Kruse, Maris Kreizman, Lily Meyer, Michelle Bryck, Erika Goldman, Charles Dee Mitchell, Dane Johnson, Karen Difrummolo, N Brown, Madeline Hundley, Kyle Parker, Beth Capo, Kyle McCafferty, Howard Black, Tara Lynn, Lillian Mahaney, Matthew McIlhenny, Natalie Grand, Caterina Fake, Vojta Smekal, Grace Radkins, Elizabeth Macklin, Jason Rowland, Lucy Renner Jones, Waller Hastings, Daniel Campion, Donna Feder, Karen Kraus, Ken Goldstein, Joan Sartori, Lilyan Kay, Sharmaine Lovegrove, Martha Cooley, Arianne Hartsell-Gundy, Laura Pak, Michael Muller, Julia Ballerini, Ming Di, Hunter Harris, Mary Eleanor LaVerne Burns, Ernest M Isby, Paula Shackleton, Adam Burke, Hyeonjin, Marjorie Moore, Khira Jordan, Marjorie Murray-Ure, Noah M. Mintz, Allison Elizabeth, Zola Cass, Euan Monaghan, Steph Opitz, Allison Savage, Scott, Raboy, L. Rhodes, Trish Vicino, Catherine Addington, Dane Cardiel, Jen O’C, Jessica Varvil, Andy Hershberger, Lucy Jane Bledsoe, Maxie Lee, Helene Cardona, Daniel Munday, Kendel Ratley, Wataru Ando, Kathleen Heil, Barbara Witt, John Reed, Alistair, Avery Campbell, James Stone Goodman, Zach Fredman, Margot Atwell, Stephanie Pereira, Jonas Lapp, Claire Burrows, Yancey Strickler, James Turnbull, Roman Protsiuk, Zach Powers, Georgina Rovirosa, J. Ashley Odell, Willa Köerner, Michal Rosenn, Larry Dark, Christina Kramer, The Seattle Review of Books, Lorin, Katharine Freeman, Linda Cicely Morgan

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