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Society & Culture
October 19, 2015 | 04:51 pm

New book novelizes rise and fall of Rochester’s infamous mediums

Rochester Knockings: A Novel of the Fox Sisters, a new book published by the University’s Open Letter Press, details the rise and fall of the infamous 12 and 15-year-old mediums who convinced the world they could communicate with dead.

topics: Department of English, Jennifer Grotz, literary translation, Open Letter, School of Arts and Sciences, translation,
The Arts
August 4, 2015 | 12:45 pm

Professor Jennifer Grotz receives fellowship for literary translation studies

Grotz, director of the University’s translation studies program, has been awarded a Literary Translation Fellowship by the National Endowment for the Arts to support the English translation of several poems by the Polish writer Jerzy Ficowski.

topics: announcements, Department of English, grant, literary translation, School of Arts and Sciences, translation,
University News
December 9, 2014 | 06:38 pm

Open Letter awarded National Endowment for the Arts grant

The literary translation press recently received one of this year’s largest Arts Works grants in literature. The $60,000 grant will support the publication and promotion of several books in 2015, including Rochester Knockings, a novel based on the Rochester-based religious movement of Spiritualism and the famous Fox Sisters.

topics: Chad Post, grant, literary translation, National Endowment for the Arts, Open Letter,
Society & Culture
December 19, 2013 | 08:06 pm

Open Letter Gets Art Works Grant

The literary translation press has been selected to receive an Art Works grant to expand its work in promoting emerging international authors.

topics: grant, literary translation, literature, Open Letter, Three Percent, translation,
Society & Culture
October 2, 2012 | 03:55 pm

Rochester Hosts International Conference for Literary Translators

Co-hosted by Open Letter Books, the University of Rochester’s literary publishing house dedicated to publishing translated literature, the conference consists of roundtables, workshops, readings, and a film screening at Rochester’s Little Theatre.

topics: literary translation, Open Letter, translation,