Past Events
Join acclaimed Berkeley poet Camille Dungy to celebrate the newest volume of TWO LINES, titled Passageways at the lovely Berkeley bookstore Mrs. Dalloway’s.
Mrs. Dalloway’s | 2904 College Avenue | Berkeley, CA
Join author Naja Marie Aidt and translators Erica Mena and Rachel Morgenstern-Clarren for spirited readings from the new volume of TWO LINES, Passageways.
McNally-Jackson | 52 Prince Street | New York, New York
The Center is teams up with Litquake to present a reading from two vastly different but equally powerful translations, showcasing the talents of Mary Jo Bang and Graham Foust.
Latin American Club | 3286 22nd Street | San Francisco, CA
Join us on Monday, August 13 at 7:00 pm for a rare opportunity to see legendary translator Margaret Jull Costa discuss her work with Nobel laureate Jose Saramago.
Book Club of California | 312 Sutter Street | San Francisco, CA
We at the Center are honored to offer Bay Area translation-lovers a chance to learn from one of the very best. On August 12, we’ll be offering a workshop with Margaret Jull Costa.
In this one-time-only translation workshop you will learn from one of the legends of literary translation. Costa is the translator of Nobel laureate Jose Saramago, Javier Marias, Bernardo Atxaga, and many more.
Center for the Art of Translation | 582 Market Street, Suite 700 | San Francisco, CA
Join the staff and friends of the Center for the Art of Translation for a special evening on translating fairy tales! Kate Bernheimer, Ilya Kaminsky, and Maria Tatar take the audience down the slim path into the dark woods with readings from classic and contemporary fairytales.
Viracocha | 998 Valencia Street | San Francisco, CA
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