Past Events

C. Francis Fisher reads from of her translation of the Surrealist feminist text In the Glittering Maw by Joyce Mansour alongside Daniel Owen and Olivia Sears.

The Transnational Literature Series presents Celebration: a conversation between author Damir Karakaš and translator Ellen Elias-Bursać, with Zain Khalid.

Join us to celebrate the launch of issue 3 of TURKOSLAVIA, an online journal of literary translation. Readings from Ena Selimović, Sabrina Jaszi and Donohon Abdugafurova will be accompanied by projections of the graphic designs by Hanna Priemetzhofer that illustrate the issue.

Curious Fox Bookshop in Berlin welcomes Isabel Fargo Cole to discuss her translation of Under the Neomoon by Wolfgang Hilbig with Alexander Wells.

Join us at the Mechanics’ Institute for a literary celebration perfect for the whole family, featuring family story time with Shook reading from their translation of Giant on the Shore by Alfonso Ochoa, and a curation of international children’s literature.

Two Lines Press and Cuentero Productions present Soroche, a haunting multimedia performance of Mónica Ojeda’s unflinching short story about a trip to the Andes.

Join our book group discussion to delve deeper into Beijing Sprawl by Xu Zechen, translated by Eric Abrahamsen and Jeremy Tiang.

Featuring readings from Los Angeles Review of Books and Yefe Nof Resident Ena Selimović and Mirgul Kali, translator of To Hell With Poets by Kazakh writer Baqytgul Sarmekova.

Astrid Roemer and Vigdis Hjorth , icons of Dutch-language and Norwegian literature, join The Center for Fiction for a discussion of their groundbreaking novels.

Join Monika Zgustova in conversation with Sabrina Jaszi on Zgustova’s novel on the life of Vera Nabokov, A Revolver to Carry at Night.

Rakiem Walker and his quartet fuse jazz, soul, and hip hop to create their unique sound in collaboration with four poets: grace (ge) gilbert, Ladan Osman,  Anouar Rahmani, and Astrid Roemer.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, this event has been canceled.

City Lights, Fern Books, Villa Albertine, and the Center for the Art of Translation host Jakuta Alikavazovic to celebrate the publication of Like a Sky Inside, translated by Daniel Levin Becker.

Jeffrey Thomas Leong will read from his books Wild Geese Sorrow: The Chinese Wall Inscriptions at Angel Island and Writ and present new translations of poems written by Chinese immigrant detainees one hundred years ago that tell of their incarceration experience.

Moon Charania discusses her new book, Archive of Tongues, diasporic storytelling, domestic memory, and maternal experience with Sandeep Bakshi.

Join Mechanics’ Institute for a discussion about “Crossing Languages in Writing” with Cristina García, Grace Loh Prasad, and Saskia Vogel, moderated by Sheryl J. Bize-Boutte.

Pilsen Community Books in Chicago welcomes Antonio Diaz Oliva (ADO) and Megan McDowell for a reading from the newest Calico and a conversation about Latin American horror today with Alejandra Oliva.

Books Are Magic in Brooklyn welcomes Megan McDowell, Lina Munar Guevara, and Julia Sanches for a reading from the newest Calico and a conversation about Latin American horror today.

Jennifer Croft discusses her debut novel, the power of language, and what is at stake in the process of translation with Julie Orringer.

Tomasz Różycki joins Mira Rosenthal for a reading from To the Letter and a conversation about writing and the art of translation as a process of losing and the longing we feel for our own absence with Judy Halebsky.