Translation on Tap in NYC, May 1 – 31, 2017

May is on the way, bringing with it the PEN World Voices Festival (chock- full of translation events this year), and a bit of lagniappe too.

Monday, May 8:

Belladonna* with BPL reading with new chaplets: translator Sarah Riggs joined by Susan Briante, Carolina Crumpacker, and Khi Nao for a night of poetry hosted by Belladonna* Collaborative, more information here. Brooklyn Public Library, 10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, 7:00 – 8:30 p.m.

Also Monday, May 8:

Launch event for Qiu Miaojin’s Notes of a Crocodile, with the book’s translator, Bonnie Huie, in conversation with Eileen Myles. More information here. McNally Jackson Books, 52 Prince St. 7:00 p.m.

Tuesday, May 9th:

A Family Lexicon by Natalia Ginzburg: conversation featuring the book’s translator, Jenny McPhee, joined by translator Peg Boyers and Alexander Stille. More information here. Book Culture, 536 W. 112th St., 7:00 p.m.

 

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