A "Wall in My Head" Roundup
If you read Three Percent often, then you’ve already heard of The Wall in My Head: Words and Images from the Fall of the Iron Curtain. In case you’ve missed it, though, Wall is a collection of of stories and essays from over 30 writers (and nearly as many translators) “that witnessed the fall of the Iron ...
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Nov. 5: Reading the World w/ Four International Writers from Ledig House
Our final Reading the World Conversation Series event of the fall is already upon us. Next week, four international writers and translators—all in residence at Ledig House International Writers Residency—are visiting the University of Rochester. Here are all the details: Nov. 5, 2009 6:00 p.m. Gowen ...
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Starred review from PW
Our release of The Golden Calf by Ilf & Petrov is only a few weeks away, and Publishers Weekly has already run a splendid and starred review (and our first starred review in PW, at that): A hilarious blend of absurdist, futurist and surrealist sensibilities, this new (and only complete) translation of Ilf and ...
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Video: Reading the World w/ Jorge Volpi and Alfred Mac Adam
The video is now available of last week’s (and, dare we say, our best to date) Reading the World Conversation Series event with the internationally bestselling author Jorge Volpi and preeminent translator Alfred Mac Adam. Parts 1-3 are Jorge’s reading, and parts 4-8 are the questions/answers between Jorge, Alfred, ...
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PEN America #11 Launch Party
The new issue of PEN America comes out next week, and to celebrate, PEN is throwing a launch party at Le Poisson Rouge that sounds like a lot of fun. Here’s the official details: Celebrate “make believe“—and writers who make us believe in the worlds of their own creation—with PEN America, the ...
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Where I'll Be All Next Week
We’ve had some server issues this week, which explains the relative lack of posts over the past few days (that and the fact that I’ve been moving). We have a couple special things planned for next week, but I won’t be back in full until November—all next week I’ll be in Paris on a study trip ...
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An Evening with Petra Hůlová
Where: Czech Center New York, 321 E. 73rd. St., New York, NY Celebrating the launch of her first work in English translation, All This Belongs to Me. tel.: (646) ...
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