“Happy Birthday, Hrabal!”: A Launch Party & Anniversary Celebration
Please join translator Stacey Knecht at DumboSky to celebrate the release of Harlequin’s Millions & the 100th anniversary of Bohumil Hrabal‘s birth. The event will take place at Dumbosky, located at 10 Jay Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201. More information on the event can be found ...
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The Official Launch of Deep Vellum
Two summers ago, Will Evans (aka Bromance Will) came to Rochester for the summer to learn about how to launch his own press dedicated to international literature. Although he did help out at Open Letter by reading a bunch of manuscripts, editing High Tide, doing some marketing and publicity, and arranging a bunch of Frankfurt ...
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Metropole II: Rats and Comedy @ Asian American Writers' Workshop
Please join Hindi fiction writer Uday Prakash (The Walls of Delhi, The Girl with the Golden Parasol) and translator Jason Grunebaum for a bilingual reading and conversation with Amitava Kumar and Jonathan Shainin at 7 p.m. on May 7th at the Asian American Writers Workshop (AAWW). The Walls of Delhi will be read in Hindi by ...
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Hrabal Night @ 192 Books
Join 192 Books Tuesday, May 6th at 7 P.M., along with Caleb Crain and Stacey Knecht. This event, dedicated to the first English publication of Harlequin’s Millions by the Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal, brings together Stacey Knecht, the translator, and the author Caleb Crain. The event is free to the public. 192 Books is ...
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Shiki Nagaoka: A Nose for Fiction
“I am honored to have ushered Mario Bellatin’s biography of the great Shiki Nagaoka, a writer and artist almost entirely unknown to English-language readers, into English for the first time, and it is my hope that this new translation begins to redress his under-acknowledgement as a major influence on contemporary ...
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Uday Prakash @ City Lit Books
To celebrate Seven Stories Press’s publication of the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature-shortlisted The Walls of Delhi, please join Hindi writer Uday Prakash and translator Jason Grunebaum for an afternoon reading and conversation at City Lit Books on Sunday, May 4th at 3:00pm. The event is free and open to the ...
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"Translating on the Edge" @ PEN World Voices Festival
Translation can be dangerous and subversive from a literary perspective. It can also take on a political or ideological dimension. Join panelists Robyn Creswell, Bonnie Huie, Sara Khalili and moderator Heather Cleary for a discussion of how dangerous texts meet translation. The event will be held at the Frederick P. Rose ...
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