Queer Authors Spotlight

Transit Staff

We've curated a list of titles by queer authors from Transit's backlist to add to your shelves and reading lists this summer.

Migratory Birds Wins PEN Translation Prize

Julia Sanches wins the PEN Translation Prize for her translation of Migratory Birds by Mariana Oliver.

Migratory Birds by Mariana Oliver, translated from the Spanish by Julia Sanches, is a 2022 finalist for the PEN America Translation Prize.

On a Sentence from “Migratory Birds”

Julia Sanches

“In English, the whooping crane does not trumpet, just as, in other languages, roosters do not all cock-a-doodle-doo.”