PEN: Translation Slam

Where: Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery St., New York City

Back for the fourth year running, the Translation Slam puts different translations of the same text side by side and invites the translators, poets, and audience members to join in a lively critical debate of how each version meets its creative challenges. Borrowed from our friends in Montréal, and fine-tuned to a New York beat, this year’s edition brings together two poets from French and Urdu languages and four surprise translators.

With Amélie Nothomb and Famida Riaz; moderated by Michael F. Moore

Tickets: $10/$5 PEN Members, students with valid ID. Call (866) 811-4111 or visit ovationtix.com Note: Purchase tickets to both Bowery Poetry Club events Friday night for $15/$10 PEN Members, students.

Co-sponsored by the PEN Translation Committee and Bowery Poetry Club