Translation Slam @ PEN World Voices
What happens when a poem migrates into another language, not just once but twice? Find out at the Translation Slam, a perennial Festival favorite, where poets, translators, and audience square off in a smart and spirited exchange over meaning, choice, and freedom. Join Baba Badji, Kerri Pierce, Michael Moore, K.E. Semmel, ...
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A Discussion on Works in Translation and International Literature
A panel on translation & international literature with translators Stacey Knecht and Richard Sieburth, writer Chuck Wachtel, and Archipelago founder Jill Schoolman. The discussion, which will take place at the Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House, is free and open to the public. The Lillian Vernon Creative Writers ...
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Crossing Worlds: Translation, Eventfulness, and the Political @ Barnard College
On Friday, May 2 and Saturday, May 3, the Center for Translation Studies and the Columbia Institute for Comparative Literature and Society will present a conference, Crossing Worlds: Translation, Eventfulness, and the Political. Crossing Worlds: Translation, Eventfulness and the Political, a conference organized by the ...
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Amanda Michalopoulou @ NYU
Join the folks at NYU at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, April 30th, for a reading and conversation with Greek author Amanda Michalopoulou. The event is free and open to the public. Venue location TBA ...
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Masters and Servants
We have all observed and appreciated art. However, when we experience art, it is generally in a bubble of our own experiences and preferences. More often than not, we may know the artist only in name and that he or she is noteworthy leading to the required appreciation. It is rare that we have knowledge of how the ...
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Uday Prakash and Jason Grunebaum Reading @ University of Chicago
Join the University of Chicago for a reading by Hindi writer Uday Prakash and translator Jason Grunebaum from The Walls of Delhi (Seven Stories Press), shortlisted for the 2013 Prize for South Asian Literature. Q&A + Reception to follow. The event will take place at 4:30 p.m. in Room 802 of the Logan Center for the ...
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Peter Platt and the Center for Translation Studies @ Barnard College
“From Translation All Science Had Its Offspring” : The Florio Translation of the Essays of Michel de Montaigne Join Barnard College and the Center for Translation Studies at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, April 28th, in the James Room at Barnard Hall for a conversation with Peter Platt of Barnard College and Phillip John ...
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