Beyond Borders
The University’s new literary translation press, Open Letter, hosted authors Salman Rushdie and Umberto Eco in a reading and conversation on May 1 as part of the PEN World Voices Festival. Founded in 2007, Open Letter is part of a broader initiative at the University to create an interdisciplinary program in literary translation, offering students in a new certificate program handson experience. In addition to publishing works by international authors, Open Letter oversees Three Percent (www.rochester. edu/threepercent), a new Web site featuring a literary blog, reviews of untranslated books, and more.
