Northwords

a northern state of mind

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Skumbilar = Chewy Candy Cars

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  When I first started translating Norwegian, decades ago, I frequently found myself stumped by certain words in fiction, and spe...
Thursday, December 10, 2015

Sweden's 16-year-olds to receive We Should All Be Feminists by Adichie

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Every 16-year-old in Sweden is being given a copy of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ’s call to arms, We Should All Be Feminists. The essay, ad...
Thursday, December 3, 2015

Ruth Smith and Júlíana Sveinsdóttir, two painters from the Faroes and Iceland, now in Copenhagen Exhibit

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    Ruth Smith and Júlíana Sveinsdóttir 100 years ago, women w...
Monday, September 7, 2015

Fall readings and workshops: Fossil Island and The Former World

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 If you're in the Puget Sound area, please join me for one of several events in the next two months to celebrate the publication of m...
Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Remembering Faith Fjeld

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  Faith Fjeld (1935-2014) Faith Fjeld was, among many other roles in life, the founding editor of Baíki . This international Sami jo...
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Barbara Sjoholm
I've traveled in and written about the Nordic countries and Sápmi for many years, and have published numerous books about the North, including translations, travel narratives, and cultural history. Most recently I translated By the Fire, a collection of Sámi folktales, many told by women, collected and illustrated by the Danish ethnographer and artist, Emilie Demant Hatt (1873-1958). The University of Minnesota Press will publish a new book in February, 2023, From Lapland to Sápmi: Collecting and Returning Sámi Craft and Culture, with stories of Sámi objects and their makers over the centuries. www.barbarasjoholm.com has more about all my books. I also write mysteries under the name Barbara Wilson. See www.barbarawilsonmysteries for more about them.
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