Introducing "Monospace" by Anne Parian [RTWBC]
The other day I posted some information about Rafael Chirbes and On the Edge, the prose book we’ll be reading this month in the Reading the World Book Clubs. On the poetry side of things, this month we’ll be talking about Monospace by Anne Parian, translated from the French by Emma Ramadan, and since my copy ...
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Introducing Rafael Chirbes [RTWBC]
For anyone who missed this in my earlier posts, the fiction book for February’s Reading the World Book Club is On the Edge by Rafael Chirbes, which is translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa and published by New Directions. As a way of introducing Chirbes, I thought I’d post this bio and interview ...
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Carlos Labbé @ Community Bookstore
Join the folk of Community Bookstore for a conversation with Carlos Labbé, as he discusses his novel Loquela. When: Wednesday, February 3rd at 7:30pm Where: Community Bookstore, 143 7th Ave., Brooklyn, NY For more information, go ...
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2016 PEN Translation Prize Shortlists!
Since the New York Times didn’t reference PEN’s two translation prizes AT ALL in their official announcement this morning (grrrrr!), I thought I’d list all the finalists here, if for no other reason than that this info exists on the Internet somewhere outside of PEN’s site. PEN Translation Prize ...
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Send Us Your Comments on "The Weight of Things" and "Twelve Stations"! [RTWBC]
Despite all of my New Year Best Intentions, I fell off last week with posting about the two Reading the World Book Club books for January: The Weight of Things by Marianne Fritz and Twelve Stations by Tomasz Różycki. I did read (and enjoyed!) both books and will be talking about both books tomorrow on a podcast with Tom ...
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New Prize for Young German Translators
This is pretty interesting, and a great opportunity for talented, young German translators: In 2010, the Goethe-Institut New York received a generous donation in memory of Frederick and Grace Gutekunst with which we have established the Gutekunst Prize for Young Translators. From Frederick Gutekunst’s love of the ...
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On Spoiling "The Weight of Things" [RTWBC]
I’m struggling with what to write about The Weight of Things for this week. Initially, I thought we’d have an interview with the translator ready by this point, but I suck at time management . . . Besides, what could I possible add after this interview between Adrian Nathan West and Kate Zambreno? BLVR: ...
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