Preface to a Prologue of an Idea of a Thought (Part II)
While I’m tanning doing journalism at the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair, I thought it would be interesting to totally overload everyone on Macedonio Fernandez. Museum of Eterna’s Novel ranks right up there as one of the books that I’m most proud to be associated with. It’s unique, strange, ...
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Abu Dhabi International Book Fair
Where: Abu Dhabi, United Arab
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Preview of the 2010 International Prize for Arabic Fiction
I hate reposting Abu Dhabi blog entries while the fair is still going on (or, to be more accurate, just starting), since everyone should be visiting the official ADIBF blog for info about all the goings on. That said, since I will be attending the award ceremony for this year’s Arab Booker later tonight, and since with ...
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Words and Music: Péter Esterházy and András Schiff
Where: 92nd Street Y Unterberg Poetry Center, Lexington Ave. at 92nd St., New York, NY Tickets: $27 / $10 for those 35 & younger / $19 for PEN Members. Please contact Lara Tobin at lara@pen.org for Member discount code. A rare U.S. appearance by one of Europe’s leading writers. “Peter Esterházy is one of the most ...
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Preface to a Prologue of an Idea of a Thought (Part I)
While I’m tanning doing journalism at the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair, I thought it would be interesting to totally overload everyone on Macedonio Fernandez. Museum of Eterna’s Novel ranks right up there as one of the books that I’m most proud to be associated with. It’s unique, strange, ...
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So, This Is Abu Dhabi [ADIBF 2010]
It took an extra day and 28+ hours of travel, but I’m finally in Abu Dhabi for this year’s International Book Fair. The Snowpocalypse of Thursday night/Friday morning left me (blissfully—but that’s for another post . . . like one for Thursday) stranded in the Rochester region, with my original flight ...
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The Greatest Event Since It and the World Began
This is still a few weeks away, but seeing that I’ll be off in Abu Dhabi for a while (see tomorrow’s post), I thought I should mention this now. On Thursday, March 11th at 7:00pm at the Americas Society (680 Park Ave, NYC) there will be a special event in honor of the first English publication of Macedonio ...
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