New Books in the Japanese Literature Publishing Project
The Japanese Literature Publishing Project, which is one of the most interesting of all the various cultural agencies out there working to promote literature in translation, just announced the fifth list of titles to be included in their program. In case you’re not aware of the JLPP, this organization launched in 2002 ...
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Penguin's Central European Classics Series
Penguin sure is loaded with amazing series. Penguin Classics is an obvious standard, but the Great Ideas collection is both incredibly beautiful and intellectually stimulating. Now, Simon Winder, the editor responsible for the Great Ideas series, is launching Central European Classics: This series originates in a visit I ...
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Andrzej Stasiuk
Where: Chopin Theatre, 1543 W. Division Street, Chicago,
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RIT Future of Reading Conference
One of the The only Rochester summer event that I’m really excited about is the Future of Reading Conference which is taking place at the Rochester Institute of Technology from June 9th through the 12th. It promises to be a pretty awesome conference (here’s a link to the official press release) and the line-up ...
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Interview with Dennis Maloney of White Pine Press
Say what you will about Central New York (and trust me, I do, and how), but we’re one of the most vital parts of the country when it comes to literature in translation. In addition to Open Letter, BOA Editions is also in Rochester and White Pine Press is just down the road (a long, wintry road, even in July, but still) ...
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PEN World Voices 2010: Some Cool Things to Watch
OK, so another PEN World Voices Festival is now in the books. As usual, all the people at PEN (especially festival director Caro and her amazing staff of employees and interns) did a spectacular job putting this all together and making sure everything came off with a hitch. (Or at least without too many noticeable hitches.) ...
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I've Learned Not to Believe in Things [PEN World Voices]
Yesterday was one of the busiest days I’ve had in a long time. I interviewed three authors—Sofi Oksanen, Rodrigo Fresan, and Quim Monzo—I had a brunch with some people from the Villa Gillet in Lyon, France, I attended three panels, wrote one blog post, went to the Grove dinner party, headed to Brooklyn for ...
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