Granta: The Best of Young Spanish-Language Novelists
Where: Books Inc. Opera Plaza, San Francisco (T) 415-776-1111 www.booksinc.net/SFOpera Featured Authors: Andrés Barba (Spain), Javier Montes (Spain), Alberto Olmos (Spain), and renowned American authors Andrew Sean Greer and Yiyun Li. Moderators: Oscar Villalon, Managing Editor of ZYZZYVA literary journal, and Valerie ...
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Granta: The Best of Young Spanish-Language Novelists
Where: Elliot Bay Book Company, Seattle (T) 206-624-6600 www.elliottbaybook.com Featured Authors: Andrés Barba (Spain), Javier Montes (Spain), Alberto Olmos (Spain), and renowned Seattle author David Guterson. Moderators: Valerie Miles, Publishing Director of Duomo Ediciones and co-founder of Granta en español, Rick ...
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Funeral for a Dog
Thomas Pletzinger doesn’t waste any time. In the first paragraph of his stunning debut novel Funeral for a Dog, his central character Daniel Mandelkern tells exactly what to expect: “I’m sending you seven postcards and a stack of paper, XXX pages. This stack is about me. And about memory and the future.” Sure enough, ...
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Imagine Africa
Where: Lilian Vernon Creative Writers House, 58 West 10th St, New York subway: West 4th St. (A/B/C/D/E/F/M), Christopher St. (1/ 2), 14th St. Union Square (N/Q/R/4/5/6/L) Celebrate the life of Édouard Glissant and his contribution to world literature at the launch of Imagine Africa with Manthia Diawara, Ishion Hutchinson, ...
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From the Sublime to the Ridiculous [FuckyeahEurovision!]
As anyone with a heightened sense of irony already knows, tomorrow the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest Finals will take place. For the poor few out there who aren’t keyed into this annual event of epic nationalist absurdity, basically, this is Europe’s version of American Idol, but with even shittier songs ...
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Shortlist for the European Literature Prize
Back in February, shortly after returning from the Non-fiction Conference in Amsterdam, we ran this piece on the newly established European Literature Prize. Just to refresh your memory, this is based on the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and the Best Translated Book Award and honors the best Dutch translations of European ...
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On Translating for the Stage
Click here for Joanne Pottlitzer’s introduction to her essay. This piece was delivered last month at an event at the Americas Society in NYC. It is my pleasure to share a few words with you on translating for the stage and on the journey of translating José Triana’s Palabras comunes. One of the ongoing debates ...
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