Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Brings the Translations
OK, so longtime readers of Three Percent have probably noticed that I make fun of HMH a lot. Mainly because their website is a total pile of shit, and also because of how they treated Drenka Willen. (Seriously, even though the situation was rectified—thanks to the support of Saramago, Grass, etc.—someone’s ...
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The Scientific Days for the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques International Award for Translation
Where: University of Manouba, Manouba, Tunisia The event’s theme is “The Role of the the Custodian of the two Holy Mosques International Award for Translation in promoting translation in the Arab Wrold and enhancing Dialogue among cultures”. The program includes six sessions (two hours and four presenters ...
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Sofi Oksanen and Christos Tsiolkas
Where: Mattress Factory, 500 Sampsonia Way, Pittsburgh, PA moderated by Bill O’Driscoll, Pittsburgh City Paper Soon to be published in twenty-five languages, Sofi Oksanen’s award-winning novel _Purg_e is a breathtakingly suspenseful tale of two women dogged by their own shameful pasts and the dark, unspoken ...
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Macedonio Fernandez Event at the Americas Society
So last month, the day after the announcement of the Best Translated Book Award, the Americas Society hosted an amazing panel to help launch Macedonio Fernandez’s The Museum of Eterna’s Novel (The First Good Novel). This event—which Open Letter executive committee member Hal Glasser helped put ...
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Reading the World Conversation Series: An Open Letter Celebration
Where: Hawkins-Carlson Room, Rush Rhees Library, °µÍø³Ô¹Ï, Rochester, NY To celebrate the third anniversary of Open Letter Books, ten participants—UR faculty members, Open Letter interns, and fans—will read 3–5 minute segments from ten different Open Letter titles. You’ll hear a wide range of voices ...
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Reminder: Open Letter Celebration Today
If you’re near the University of Rochester at 6:00 p.m., today is our Open Letter Celebration—our final Reading the World event of the spring. We’ll have ten participants doing ten micro-readings from ten different Open Letter books (also, there will be food and an after-party/get-together at Tapas 177 to ...
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Review of "Why Translation Matters"
I know I had a week off (more or less, and thanks again to Edward Gauvin for kicking such ass last week), but all I’ve really got right now is this review I wrote of Edie Grossman’s Why Translation Matters. Honestly, this is one of the only things I’ve ever written that I’m pretty proud of. (And all ...
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