Open Letter Forum: The Ecosystem of Translation
Probably should’ve posted this earlier in the week, but for anyone in Rochester, tomorrow afternoon, we’re hosting a special event from 3-5pm in the Rare Books and Special Collections Room of the Rush Rhees Library. This event is a roundtable discussion on “The Ecosystem of Translation,” featuring ...
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Titlepage.tv–Episode 2.0
Sloane Crosley! Keith Gessen! All in the second episode of Titlepage.tv, which, I’ll admit, is a bit better than the first episode. If there’s going to be a roundtable format though, let the authors interact with each other. Or post four 10 minute interviews with each individual author—I might actually watch ...
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Chris Anderson and Giving Things Away
I’m sure a number of other people have already discussed this, but I just got my hands on the new issue of Wired, which has an article by Chris Anderson called Free! Why $0.00 is the Future of Business. Aside from being editor-in-chief of Wired, Anderson is the author of The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is ...
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2008 Translations: Current List and Minor Analysis
In each of the past few posts about our 2008 Translation Database I’ve promised a complete copy of the current list . . . well finally, here’s an Excel version that you can download, manipulate, sort, etc., etc. This current list is very incomplete. I haven’t received many summer/fall catalogs yet, and ...
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Maybe Just a Poor Choice of Words . . .
Not sure how we missed this article by Jane Henderson in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch about how “world literature thrives in translation” (especially considering that Three Percent is listed in the “more information” box), but I have to agree with Michael Orthofer —“thriving” is ...
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National Grad Student Translation Conference
Since I referenced this earlier, and since it’s just a few weeks away, I feel like I should post some information about the National Grad Student Translation Conference that the Center for Literary Translation at Columbia University will be hosting From March 28th through the 30th. As stated in this press release this ...
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PEN America's We Are Ready for Freedom of Expression Campaign
I’m not sure, but I think non-PEN members can sign this as well: Dear fellow PEN Members, I am writing to ask each and every one of you to stand up and be counted in support of our campaign to free 38 writers and journalists from prison in China. As part of our We Are Ready for Freedom of Expression ...
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