NYRB NEWS
A New Apollinaire: A Reading with Ron Padgett on 11/19
Join NYRB Poets and La Maison Française NYU in celebrating the publication of Ron Padgett's translations of Guillaume Apollinaire's poems in Zone. Padgett will read selections from his translations and copies of the poetry collection will be available for sale.
When: Thursday, November 19, 7pm
Where: La Maison Française NYU, 16 Washington Mews, NYC
This event is free and open to the public.
Photo credit: John Sarsgard
Praise and Events for 'The House of Twenty Thousand Books'
NYRB is pleased to receive praise for Sasha Abramsky's The House of Twenty Thousand Books from Michael Dirda in The Washington Post.
Dirda writes, "The House of Twenty Thousand Books lovingly recreates an intellectual milieu that was built around old books, chess games, Russian dominoes, Eastern European food, hot tea, family and long evenings spent in spirited political debate."
Meet Sasha Abramsky at events in New York, Washington D.C., and Cambridge:
Sunday, October 11, 12 pm, Politics & Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave, NW, Washington DC
Monday, October 12, 7 pm, The Strand Bookstore, 828 Broadway, NYC (In conversation with Robin Blackburn)
Tuesday, October 13, 7 pm, East Meadow Public Library, 1886 Front St, East Meadow, NY
Wednesday, October 14, 7 pm, Book Culture on Columbus, 450 Columbus Ave, NYC (In conversation with Samuel Freedman)
Thursday, October 15, 7 pm, Porter Square Books, 25 White St, Cambridge, MA (In conversation with Jeremy Solomons)
Events with Madeline G. Levine, translator of 'A Memoir of the Warsaw Uprising'
Join NYRB Classics in celebrating the publication of the first unexpurgated edition of Miron Białoszewski's A Memoir of the Warsaw Uprising at these events featuring Madeline G. Levine, who extensively revised her 1970 translation of Białoszewski's book for this new edition.
Wednesday, November 11th, 5:30 pm - 7 pm
Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies, Toy Lounge, Dey Hall, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Madeline G. Levine will discuss Białoszewski’s harrowing account of the Polish capital's rise against Nazi occupation in 1944 and her work translating the memoir with Ewa Wampuszyc, Assistant Professor of Polish Language and Literature in the Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages at UNC, Chapel Hill.
Thursday, November 12th, 7 pm
The Regulator Bookshop, 720 Ninth Street Durham, NC
Madeline G. Levine will read from and discuss her translation of Białoszewski’s memoir.
Monday, November 16th, 7 pm
WORD Bookstore, 126 Franklin St, Brooklyn, NY 11222, United States
Madeline G. Levine will be joined by writer and scholar Timothy Snyder (Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning) and fellow translator Alissa Valles to discuss Białoszewski’s autobiographical work, literary legacy, and the Warsaw Uprising. NYRB Classics editorial director Edwin Frank will moderate.
Co-sponsored by the Polish Cultural Institute New York
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Discussions on 'Henri Duchemin and His Shadows' and 'The Peach Blossom Fan'
On Thursday, September 17, at 7 p.m., join us at the Albertine (972 Fifth Avenue, New York) for a discussion of Emmanuel Bove's Henri Duchemin and His Shadows with translator Alyson Waters and introducer Donald Breckenridge. For more information, visit the Albertine website.
Join the China Institute and NYRB in celebrating the publication of Chen Shih-hsiang and Harold Acton’s translation of K’ung Shang-jen’s The Peach Blossom Fan on Thursday, September 24, from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m, at the China Institute’s new downtown home (100 Washington Street, New York). Award-winning translator and China Institute Senior Lecturer Ben Wang will speak about the masterpiece of Chinese literature. Visit the China Institute website to register for the event.
Sasha Abramsky's East and West Coast Book Tour
Join NYRB for events on the east and west coasts with The House of Twenty Thousand Books author Sasha Abramsky.
Bay Area
Wednesday, September 9, 7:30 pm, Mrs. Dalloway’s, 2904 College Ave, Berkeley
Thursday, September 10, 6 pm, Mechanics' Institute Library, 57 Post St, San Francisco (In conversation with David Biale)
Thursday, September 17, 7 pm, Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera
Tuesday, September 29, 7 pm, Rakestraw Books, 3 Railroad Ave, Danville
Wednesday, October 21, 4:30 pm, Sponsored by the Taube Center for Jewish Studies, the event will take place in History Bldg. 200, Rm 307, 450 Serra Mall, Stanford University
Sunday, October 25, 1:30 pm, The Jewish Community Library, 1835 Ellis St, San Francisco,
Los Angeles
Thursday, October 1, 7 pm, Book Soup, 8818 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles
Sacramento
Wednesday, September 16, 7 pm, The Avid Reader, 1600 Broadway, Sacramento
New York City and the surrounding area
Wednesday, October 7, 6:30 pm, Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th St, NYC
Thursday, October 8, 7:30 pm, Words Bookstore, 179 Maplewood Ave, Maplewood, NJ
Friday, October 9, 11am, Center for Jewish Studies, CUNY Graduate Center, 365 5th Avenue, Room C197, NYC
Monday, October 12, 7 pm, The Strand Bookstore, 828 Broadway, NYC (In conversation with Robin Blackburn)
Tuesday, October 13, 7 pm, East Meadow Public Library, 1886 Front St, East Meadow, NY
Wednesday, October 14, 7 pm, Book Culture on Columbus, 450 Columbus Ave, NYC (In conversation with Samuel Freedman)
Cambridge
Thursday, October 15, 7 pm, Porter Square Books, 25 White St, Cambridge, MA (In conversation with Jeremy Solomons)
Washington DC
Sunday, October 11, 12 pm, Politics & Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave, NW, Washington DC
Montreal
Wednesday, November 11, 7:30 pm, Jewish Public Library, 5151 Côte-Ste-Catherine Road, Montreal
'The New York Times' interviews Linda Rosenkrantz, author of 'Talk'
New York Times writer John Williams recently interviewed Linda Rosenkrantz, author of the NYRB Classic Talk, for the Arts Beat section about the process of writing her groundbreaking novel. In this feature, Williams asks Rosenkrantz about the initial inspiration behind Talk, for which the author transcribed hours of recorded, candid conversations between her friends and then edited the 1,500 pages of raw material into the book it is today. Rosenkrantz shares with Williams about the many rejection letters she first received for the book, the reaction of friends to the final—and very provocative—product, and what Rosenkrantz thinks of today's candid depictions of female friendship from Girls to Broad City.
Read the entire interview here.
Upcoming Events with Leonard Gardner on the East and West Coasts
Fat City is Leonard Gardner's novel of defiance and struggle, of the potent promise of the good life and the desperation and drink that waylay those whom it eludes. Set in Stockton, California, it is the book of which Joan Didion said, "Gardner has got it exactly right."
On Wednesday, September 9, at 7 p.m., Gardner will discuss Fat City with Peter Orner at Book Passage, Corte Madera (51 Tamal Vista Blvd). Click here for details.
Gardner will be in conversation with noir writer Eddie Muller at City Lights Books in San Francisco (261 Columbus Ave) on Thursday, September 17, at 7 p.m. For more information, visit the City Lights website.
Gardner will discuss Fat City at the Brookline Booksmith (279 Harvard Street) on Monday, November 2, at 7 p.m.
On Friday, November 20, Film Forum’s 7 p.m. screening of John Huston’s film adaptation of Fat City will be followed by a Q&A (201 West Houston Street, New York).