Past Events
Join us at this Lit&Lunch to discuss the fine art of translating fairy tales. Noted writers and translators Kate Bernheimer, Ilya Kaminsky, and Maria Tatar talk about My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me, their anthology of fairy tales.
111 Minna Gallery | 111 Minna Street | San Francisco, CA
Come party with the TWO LINES staff to celebrate the launch of Counterfeits, edited by Luc Sante and Rosanna Warren. Delving into the sinister corners of the globe with a special section of innovative, international noir from Slovakia, Portugal, Sweden, and elsewhere, Counterfeits is like nothing we’ve ever published, and we’re throwing a party like never before to launch it into the world!
Make-Out Room | 3225 22nd Street | San Francisco, CA
Students from Poetry Inside Out share the stage with renowned Mexican poet Pura López Colomé at the Mexican Consulate in San Francisco at 4 pm. on Saturday, October 15. Readings in both Spanish and English.
Mexican Consulate | 532 Folsom Street | San Francisco, CA
Two Voices teams up with the Mexican Consulate and Litquake for an evening with Carmen Boullosa and Pura Lopez Colome, exciting and influential writers who are a testament to the increasing relevance of the feminine viewpoint in Mexican writing.
Tres | 130 Townsend Street | San Francisco, CA
The Center joins with Litquake to present poet, editor, and translator Joshua Beckman!
111 Minna Gallery | 111 Minna Street | San Francisco, CA
Two Voices partners with innovative poetry press Omnidawn to present leading Japanese poet, editor, and critic Kiwao Nomura, known for his electrifying performances.
The Booksmith | 1644 Haight Street | San Francisco, CA
Come see our new offices, meet and mingle with us, and hear lauded translator Michael Henry Heim! It’s all part of the first Two Voices event of the 2011-2012 season.
Center for the Art of Translation | 582 Market Street, Suite 700 | San Francisco, CA
With co-editors Natasha Wimmer and Jeffrey Yang.
KGB Bar | 85 East 4th Street| New York, NY
On translating Chilean author Alejandro Zambra’s Bonsai.
111 Minna Gallery | 111 Minna Street | San Francisco, CA
Local translators discuss books in translation to read now.
Variety Preview Room | 582 Market Street | San Francisco, CA
Reading from his new novel, Fame.
The Booksmith | 1644 Haight Street| San Francisco, CA
Basque author Bernardo Atxaga reads from his recent works in translation.
111 Minna Gallery | 111 Minna Street | San Francisco, CA
Reading from his translations of the Tang hermit poet Han Shan.
Asian Art Museum | 200 Larkin Street| San Francisco, CA
An exploration of San Francisco’s Chinese-American community and literature with Marlon Hom
111 Minna Gallery | 111 Minna Street | San Francisco, CA
With translators Chana Bloch and Chana Kronfeld.
111 Minna Gallery | 111 Minna Street | San Francisco, CA
Reading from his new translation of a Spanish classic.
Mechanics Institute | 57 Post Street| San Francisco, CA
Led by award-winning translator Marian Schwartz.
Mechanics Institute Library | 57 Post Street | San Francisco, CA
On translating Nobel Prize winner J.M.G. LeClézio and Muriel Barbery’s bestselling The Elegance of the Hedgehog.
111 Minna Gallery | 111 Minna Street | San Francisco, CA
Translator Susan Bernofsky on Swiss author Robert Walser.
111 Minna Gallery | 111 Minna Street | San Francisco, CA
Noted Mexican poet David Huerta reads from his groundbreaking collection, Before Saying Any of the Great Words.
City Lights Books | 261 Columbus Avenue | San Francisco, CA