Keeping the Foreign in Translated Literature: a Dispatch from the Oklahoma Prairie George Henson
George Henson is a translator of contemporary Latin American and Spanish prose, a contributing editor for World Literature Today and Asymptote, and a lecturer at the University of Oklahoma. For more information on the BTBA, “like” our Facebook page and follow us on Twitter. And check back here each week for a ...
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Two Voices Salon with translator Donald Nicholson-Smith
Presented by the Center for the Art of Translation Join us at a special Two Voices Salon to celebrate the release of prize-winning Moroccan poet Abdellatif Laabi’s latest book, In Praise of Defeat, translated from the French by Donald Nicholson-Smith. This event is free and open to the public. When: November 10, ...
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Andrés Neuman & Eduardo Rabasa @ Brazos Bookstore
Join the gang at Brazos Bookstore for a reading and chat with Andres Neuman on his How to Travel without Seeing and Eduardo Rabasa on his A Zero-Sum Game. When: Wednesday, November 2, 2016 – 7:00pm Where: 2421 Bissonnet StreetHouston, TX 77005 For more information, go ...
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GoodReads Giveaway for "Radiant Terminus"
Part Jessica Jones, part China Miéville, Radiant Terminus (trans. by Jeffrey Zuckerman) is one of Antoine Volodine’s craziest, longest, and most compelling books to date. And you can win a copy simply by entering the GoodReads contest below. The most patently sci-fi work of Antoine Volodine’s to be translated ...
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GoodReads Giveaway for "Chronicle of the Murdered House
Click the “Enter Contest” button below for a chance to win one of 15 copies of Chronicle of the Murdered House by Lúcio Cardoso (and translated by Margaret Jull Costa and Robin Patterson) that we’re giving away through GoodReads this month. “A real revolution in Brazilian ...
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SCBWI Japan Translation Day 2016: Japanese Children's Literature in English
A day of presentations, critiques, and conversation for published and pre-published translators of Japanese children’s literature into English, including prose literature and manga. When: October 22 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Where: at Yokohama International School, 258 Yamate-cho, Naka-ku – Yokohama, Kanagawa ...
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Still Time to Participate in the 2nd Annual Open Letter Celebration
As hopefully everyone knows, we’re taking advantage of the travel day in the NLCS to throw a little fundraising party for Open Letter. If you’re in Rochester, you should definitely come out to the German House tonight at 8 for food, booze, palm readings, music, and presenations by Rochester visionaries. Tickets ...
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