Events

Featuring Susan Bernofsky, Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, Katrina Dodson, John Keene, Dunya Mikhail, Robert Plunket, Eliot Weinberger, and Jeffrey Yang.

Let a Thousand Translations Bloom: A Panel With Susan Bernofsky, Emma Ramadan and Mónica de la Torre Held on International Translation Day, this panel explores the challenges of translating contemporary poetry, drawing inspiration from Paul Celan and the story of how Pierre Joris came to translate Celan’s work. Panelists reflect on their own translation practices […]

Exophonic writers write in languages other than their first, inhabiting linguistic and cultural spaces that challenge conventional notions of fluency, authority, and belonging. How do exophonic texts negotiate cultural distance and intimacy, and how do they handle asymmetry between languages and their cultural stores? What strategies do writers develop when working across linguistic boundaries, and […]