The schedule for our Spring 2013 “Reading the World Conversation Series” is set, and the first event is almost upon us. Check within for the list of dates, locations, and guests—including authors Mikhail Shishkin and Arnon Grunberg.
More...Here’s the full video of our latest “Reading the World Conversation Series” event. This time we talk with with author, translator, editor, and Clarice Lispector expert Benjamin Moser . . .
More...“Open Letter has made its reputation by finding and publishing some of the best foreign-language writers in the world. Can Xue, the pseudonym of Deng Xiaohua, is the latest writer to contribute to Open Letter’s quick ascension. In her collection Vertical Motion, Can Xue establishes a trippy and surreal world: apartments float high in the air, and large owls and men with lacquer-black skin haunt troubled people.” . . .
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