Two Month Review LIVE at McNally Jackson Next Tuesday (12/12/17)
For our final episode of the Rodoreda season, Brian and I will be taking the early morning train to NYC (seriously, it leaves at 5:41am, which is a time that exists) so that we can talk about Death in Spring in front of a live audience. At 7pm at McNally Jackson (52 Prince St.) we’ll be joined by María Cristina ...
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The Bridge Series: David Bellos
Last week we featured David Bellos’s Is That a Fish in Your Ear? on our Read This Next, website and after reading the sample we made available (along with the interview and full review), I’m sure that everyone in the greater NYC area will want to go see Bellos talk about his book as part of The Bridge Series. ...
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The Bridge: Sergio Chejfec + Margaret Carson + E.J. Van Lanen
The next event in The Bridge Series will take place this Thursday, September 15th at 7pm at McNally Jackson, and will consist of a discussion about the writing, translation, and editing of Sergio Chejfec’s My Two Worlds. We just brought out My Two Worlds, the first of three Chejfec books that we’re planning on ...
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The Bridge!!!
As noted yesterday, I’m way behind with web stuff right now, but I wanted to take a minute out of my NEA grant (almost done . . . almost . . .) to point out the awesome new Bridge Series, “the first independent reading and discussion series in New York City devoted to literary translation.” Bill Martin and ...
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New Literature from Europe 2010
Just a reminder that the New Literature from Europe festival kicks off tonight with an event at McNally Jackson at 7pm. This year’s festival is called “Haunting the Present,” and here’s a brief intro from the site: Today’s Europe is a fascinating convergence of old and new, with high speed ...
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BTBA 2010 and McNally Jackson
Last week I sent out a brief message to our indie bookseller mailing list (which all booksellers can easily join by e-mailing me at chad.post [at] rochester.edu) about the Best Translated Book Award Finalists and how we’d be willing to run pictures of any displays that the stores put together for the award. (To be ...
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