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RTWCS: Ledig House Special

Our next Reading the World Conversation Series event takes place tomorrow and features four international authors currently at the Ledig House, a wonderful residency program for international writers. The event takes place at 6 p.m. in the Hawkins-Carlson room in University of Rochester’s Rush Rhees library. Totally ...

Ledig House Fundraiser and Online Auction

One of my favorite literary organizations in the country has to be the Ledig House. I could go on and on about how beautiful Omi, NY is, what a great host DW Gibson is, how cool the international authors and translators are that visit, so on and forth. (And for those of you in the CNY region, you can come find out more on ...

Amazon and Ledig House

I posted about this over at Publishing Perspectives (where, apparently, the only picture Hannah has of me is from a few years ago when I was kind of fat—rectifying now), but the most recent addition to the Amazon.com list of grantees is the Ledig House International Writers Residency. The Ledig House is a fantastic ...

Sangam House Applications for 2010-2011

Another post, another approaching deadline . . . Modeled in part after the amazing Ledig House program in Omi, NY, Sangam House is a relatively new residency program in India based around the belief that assembling writers from various cultural backgrounds broadens the scope of each individual’s work. Exposure to ...

Video: Reading the World w/ International Writers and Translators from Ledig House

Last Thursday, we held our final Reading the World Conversation Series event of the fall, featuring a group of four international writers and translators in residence at Ledig House — an international writers residency in New York that specializes in hosting authors and translators from around the world. Now, the ...

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 ...

Ledig House

Even though I only skipped two days, it seems like so much time has passed since I last posted anything. One reason it seems so long is due to the weird time fluctuations surrounding the Ledig House. E.J. and I were invited up there this past weekend to meet with the current residents and tell them a bit about Open Letter ...