Velvet Redux: 20 Years of Freedom in Central and Eastern Europe
Where: Forum Room of Northwestern University Library, 1970 Campus Drive, 2-South, Evanston, IL A literary reading and discussion of current cultural trends in post-communist Central Europe with writers Petra H轡lov獺 (CZ), Ferenc Barnas (HU), and Drago Janar ...
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2 for $22, reminder.
Don’t forget that we’re still in the midst of our 2 for $22 deal. Choose any 2 books for $22 flat, and you’re automatically entered to win a free subscription for a full year of Open Letter titles (or, if you’re already a subscriber, you could get your current subscription extended for an additional ...
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Video: Reading the World w/ Charlotte Mandell
Video is now up from our Reading the World Conversation Series event with the acclaimed French-to-English translator Charlotte Mandell. It’s in seven parts, and there’s interesting stuff throughout—with parts 1-3 comprising the reading and parts 4-7 comprising the questions/answer portion (conducted with ...
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Oct. 20, 2009 – Reading the World Conversation Series: Jorge Volpi w/ Alfred Mac Adam
Our second Reading the World event in Rochester, NY, is right around the corner, and it’s going to be a great one featuring internationally best-selling author Jorge Vopli and Spanish translator Alfred Mac Adam. One and all should come. Here are the details: OCT. 20, 2009 6:30 p.m. Plutzik Library (in Rush Rhees ...
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The Discoverer by Jan Kjaerstad (Part IV of V)
The Frankfurt Book Fair is going all week, so rather than vanish for a few days, all this week we’re serializing the opening of Jan Kjaerstad’s _The Discoverer, translated from the Norwegian by Barbara Haveland. This is the follow-up to The Conqueror (although each book in the Wergeland Trilogy can be read ...
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Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt in discussion with Michael Reynolds
Where: McNally Jackson, 52 Prince St., New York, NY Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt, author of The Most Beautiful Book in the World and Other Stories (Europa) in discussion with Michael Reynolds, editor and publisher of Europa Editions. Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt is a playwright, novelist, and author of short stories, one of the most ...
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The Discoverer by Jan Kjaerstad (Part III of V)
The Frankfurt Book Fair is going all week, so rather than vanish for a few days, all this week we’re serializing the opening of Jan Kjaerstad’s _The Discoverer, translated from the Norwegian by Barbara Haveland. This is the follow-up to The Conqueror (although each book in the Wergeland Trilogy can be read ...
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