Shira is a researcher, translator, and computer scientist at McGill University in Montréal, QC, Canada. She edits for Reboot and also writes and translates with Limited Connection Collective. She holds degrees from Brown University in Translation and Computer Science, and from McGill University in Computer Science and Science and Technology Studies (STS).
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Le Rêve d'un Langage Commun is out now from L'Arche!
January 2025
My co-translation from English to French of Adrienne Rich's The Dream of a Common Language with Limited Connection Collective is out now! It's an incredible honor to inhabit the language of such a giant of American poetry.
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The Hand of the Hand is out now from Ugly Duckling Presse!
May 2025
My co-translation from French to English of Laura Vazquez's La Main de la Main (Cheyne Éditeur, 2014) with Limited Connection Collective is out now from UDP, with the support of the Albertine Translation Fund and Prizes! Laura won the Prix Goncourt in 2023 and we are very excited that she is finally getting an English audience.