Rock, Paper, Scissors: Book Talk with Naja Marie Aidt
Acclaimed Danish poet and writer Naja Marie Aidt discusses her long-awaited first novel Rock, Paper, Scissors (Open Letter Books, 2015)—a breathtaking page-turner and complex portrait of a man whose life slowly devolves into one of paranoia and jealousy—with ATLAS magazine editor Maria Marqvard Jensen. Where: ...
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RTWCS with Andrés Neuman & Chad W. Post
Come for the food, stay for the reading! The University of Rochester and Open Letter Books present a Reading the World Conversation Series event with author Andrés Neuman, in discussion with Chad W. Post. Where: Buta Pub, 315 Gregory St., Rochester, NY Free and open to the ...
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French Concession
Who is this woman? This is the question that opens Xiao Bai’s French Concession, a novel of colonial-era Shanghai’s spies and revolutionaries, police and smugglers, who scoot between doorways, walk nonchalantly down avenues, smoke cigars in police bureaus, and lounge in expensive European hotels. The woman is Therese ...
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National Book Festival: Presentation with Andrés Neuman
Andrés Neuman discusses “Talking to Ourselves: A Novel” (Farrar, Straus & Giroux). For more information, go ...
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Places I’ve Never Visited [3 Books and a Rant]
So for the past few months I’ve been too busy to actually write the really long monthly translation previews that I’ve been doing for the past year or two. I really do like writing those though, and highlighting upcoming books, but what with school starting up again, our first ever gala looming on the horizon, and all the ...
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2015 Goncourt Longlist As Described by Google Translate
The longlist for this year’s prix Goncourt was announced today, and includes the latest book by Open Letter author Mathias Énard. (We’re having someone read Boussole for us right now. Hopefully I’ll have more info about that in the near future.) Here’s the complete list of finalists, which also ...
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Three Articles on Three Great Indie Presses: Graywolf, Coffee House, Europa
Yesterday I posted a little summary on two great translators, so it’s only appropriate that today I post about three great pieces that have come out about three of my favorite presses over the past few days. First up was this Vulture piece by Three Percent favorite Boris Kachka (BORIS!!) on Graywolf Press. ...
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