A Few Reasons to Publish Juan Marse's The Fallen
A few of Juan Marse’s books are available in the UK, but all the U.S. versions appear to be out of print. Which is a shame—based on the report below, The Fallen sounds spectacular: Official Censorship Report of 1973 on Si te dicen que cai (The Fallen) SECOND REPORT Author: Juan Marse Title: Si te dicen que cai ...
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European Book Club: Margherita Dolce Vita
Where: Brooklyn Public Library, Trustees’ Room, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY For more information about the Brooklyn Public Library’s session of Margherita Dolce Vita, go to: http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/events/eurobookclub.jsp. To register for the Brooklyn Public Library’s session, please e-mail ...
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Nigle Beale, John Metcalf, and Negative Reviewing
In the third of today’s three Canadian-centric posts, I thought I’d highlight this interview Nigel Beale did recently with John Metcalf, a Canadian book critic and fiction editor at Biblioasis. The focus of the interview is on “negative reviewing,” and I have to admit, Metcalf’s defense of ...
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Gallimard Montreal: Interview with Saskia Deluy and Julien Lefort
To celebrate Gallimard Montreal as our featured bookstore of the month I interviewed both Saskia Deluy and Julien Lefort about the store, Quebec literature and publishers, the future of indie bookselling, etc. Chad W. Post: Could you tell me a bit about the history of Gallimard Montreal? When it was founded, it’s location ...
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Hans Eichner's Kahn & Engelmann
(This post could be subtitled, “The Beginning of a Canadian Bender . . .” but more on that over the next couple days.) One of the most exciting Canadian presses that I’ve come across in recent times is Biblioasis, in part because of their International Translation series, and in part because of Joshua ...
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Calling All Kindle Owners
Like a slew of other litblogs, Three Percent is now available for the Kindle. Of course, you can still read it for free here (or via your RSS reader), but this is one more option for accessing our site . . . ...
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Karen Emmerich and Greek Literature
Scott Esposito at Conversational Reading has a wonderfully detailed write up of the Center for the Art of Translation Event that took place last week where Karen Emmerich read from the work of four of her favorite Greek authors. You should really read Scott’s complete write-up, but here’s are the brief ...
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