The Bridge!!!
As noted yesterday, I’m way behind with web stuff right now, but I wanted to take a minute out of my NEA grant (almost done . . . almost . . .) to point out the awesome new Bridge Series, “the first independent reading and discussion series in New York City devoted to literary translation.” Bill Martin and ...
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It's Good to Be Here [Excuses & Bits]
Admittedly, things have been a bit slow around here lately. I’ve been in NY for the Festival of New French Writing (more below), and hard at work on a grant for the National Endowment for the Arts. It’s due next week, but, I have to finish tomorrow (along with review for Bookforum) or suffer the bureaucratic wrath ...
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Reading the World Podcast #8: Mark Schafer
In this Reading the World podcast, Erica Mena talks to translator Mark Schafer about his two latest translations, Before Saying Any of the Great Words by David Huerta (Copper Canyon, 2009) and The Scale of Maps by Bélen Gopegui (City Lights, 2011). Click here for all the past podcasts (which include conversations with ...
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Festival of New French Writing: French and American Authors in Conversation
Where: Hemmerdinger Hall, Ground Floor, Silver Center, New York University, 100 Washington Square East, entrance at Waverly Place 2:30 PM Laurence Cossé & Arthur Phillips, moderated by Judith G. Miller 4:00 PM Philippe Claudel & A.M. Homes, moderated by John R. Macarthur The conversations between French and ...
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Festival of New French Writing: French and American Authors in Conversation
Where: Hemmerdinger Hall, Ground Floor, Silver Center, New York University, 100 Washington Square East, entrance at Waverly Place 2:30 PM Pascal Bruckner & Mark Lilla, moderated by Adam Gopnik 4:00 PM David B. & Ben Katchor, moderated by Françoise Mouly 7:30 PM Atiq rahimi & Russell Banks, moderated by Lila ...
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Lisa Dillman
Where: 745 Commonwealth Avenue, Sixth Floor, Room 625, Boston University Dillman presents WTF? Sex and Swearing in Translation. Part of Boston University’s Lecture Series in Literary Translation. All lectures are free and open to the public. A discussion will follow the presentation. For further information, please ...
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Ross Benjamin and Ruth Franklin
Where: YIVO Institute at the Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY (subway: L/N/Q/R/W/4/5/6 at 14 Street/Union Square) Join Ross Benjamin and Ruth Franklin for a reading and conversation. Benjamin will be reading from his new translation of Joseph Roth’s Job: The Story of a Simple ...
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