The German translation of Clairvoyant of the Small: The Life of Robert Walser is now forthcoming from Suhrkamp Verlag as »Hellseher im Kleinen«: Das Leben Robert Walsers on Jan. 13, 2025 in a translation by Michael Adrian.
Biography
Interview / rbb kultur
“Der Tag / Heute zu Gast”: Interviewed by Peter Claus (in German) for Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg
Interview / Tupelo Quarterly
“Walk I Must”: Interviewed by Tiffany Troy for Tupelo Quarterly
The Oxonian Review
“The Notes of Susan Bernofsky,” published in The Oxonian Review’s series, On Notes.
Interview / Columbia Journal of Literary Criticism
“Turn Up the Volume”: Interviewed by Molly Wagschal and Campbell Campbell for Columbia Journal of Literary Criticism
National Book Critics Circle Award Shortlist
Clairvoyant of the Small: The Life of Robert Walser has been named a Finalist for the 2021 National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography.
Celebrating Recent Work by Susan Bernofsky
Conversation about Robert Walser and Clairvoyant of the Small, with Rivka Galchen, Lis Harris, Annie Pfeifer, and Mark Wunderlich, hosted by The Society of Fellows/Heyman Center for the Humanities, Columbia University.
Interview / Los Angeles Review of Books
“He Soars So Incredibly High”: Interviewed by Veronica Esposito for Los Angeles Review of Books
Interview / Columbia News
“A Professor Shifts From Literary Translation to Biography”: Interviewed by Eve Glasberg of Columbia University News.
Robert Walser and the Russian Ballet
Robert Walser was in the audience (and wrote about it) when the great Anna Pavlova came to Berlin in 1909. Here’s the story, an outtake from Clairvoyant of the Small, just published on the Yale University Press blog.
The Page 99 Test
Took the Page 99 Test for the Campaign for the American Reader blog.