PEN: The Public Intellectual
Where: The Standard, New York, High Line Room, 848 Washington St., New York City For Ralph Waldo Emerson the public intellectual was the preserver of the past’s great ideas. For Edward Said, his or her mission was to advance human freedom through political engagement. Both believed the thinker’s interaction with a ...
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Bolano's Sarcasm is Worth Some Thousands of Sales
Over at Conversational Reading, Scott put together a reading list based on Between Parentheses, Roberto Bolano’s essay collection, due out next month from New Directions. It’s an interesting list that includes Witold Gombrowicz, Horacio Castellanos Moya, Mario Vargas Llosa, Rodrigo Rey Rosa, Ernesto Cardenal, ...
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RTWCS: Bill Martin + Piotr Sommer = Polish Poetry
Last week, the penultimate event in this year’s Reading the World Conversation Series took place and featured Bill Martin (former Literary Program Manager at the Polish Cultural Institute and translator of Lovetown) and poet Piotr Sommer (Continued) discussion Piotr’s work, some general Polish poetry trends, etc. ...
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Monkey Business [APS's Japanese Expansion]
A Public Space has always been dedicated to promoting international literature, so it’s not all that surprising that Brigid Hughes has joined forces with Roland Kelts (author of Japanamerica), Ted Goossen (professor of Japanese lit) and Motoyuki Shibata (translator into Japanese of Pynchon [!] and a number of other ...
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Ernesto Cardenal Reading Tour
Where: Naropa University, Boulder, CO The tour coincides with the release of Cardenal’s latest work The Origin of Species and Other Poems. The acclaimed poet will be reading from his new collection at this presentation. Please contact Joe Richey with questions. (p) 303-413-9649 (e) ...
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The FSG Book of 20th-Century Latin American Poetry: A Bilingual Reading
Where: McNally Jackson Books, New York, NY Come out for this bilingual reading with editor Ilan Stavans and poets Odi Gonzales, Maria Negroni, and Elicura Chihuailaf to celebrate the publication of the anthology of twentieth century Latin American poetry. For more information, visit the McNally Jackson event page. ...
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Ernesto Cardenal Reading Tour
Where: Colorado Humanities and Center for the Book, Denver, CO The tour coincides with the release of Cardenal’s latest work The Origin of Species and Other Poems. The acclaimed poet will be reading from his new collection at this presentation. Please contact Tim Z. Hernandez with questions. (e) ...
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