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February 2017

Raymond P. Scheindlin in conversation with Joshua Cohen at 192 Books

February 21, 2017 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
192 Books, 192 10th Avenue at 21st St
New York, NY 10011 United States
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Named after Solomon Ibn Gabirol’s own sharp self-description, Vulture in a Cage is the most extensive collection of the 11th century Hebrew poet’s works ever to be published in English. Weighty poems of praise, lament, and complaint sit alongside devotional poetry, love poetry, descriptive meditations on nature, and epigrams. Raymond P. Scheindlin, translator and editor of Vulture in a Cage, will sit down with writer Joshua Cohen to discuss the life and work of Ibn Gabirol and his long affection for…

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November 2017

Christine Angot in conversation with Violaine Huisman at 192 Books

November 3, 2017 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
192 Books, 192 10th Avenue at 21st St
New York, NY 10011 United States
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Join French author Christine Angot at 192 Books in conversation with Violaine Huisman. We hope to see you there!

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October 2018

David Colmer in conversation with Philip Huff

October 30, 2018 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
192 Books, 192 10th Avenue at 21st St
New York, NY 10011 United States
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Please join us for a discussion of An Untouched House, Willem Frederik Hermans’ "slim but potent war story​" (Kirkus Reviews, starred). This event features translator David Colmer in conversation with Dutch author Philip Huff. David Colmer is a writer and translator. He translates Dutch literature in a wide range of genres including literary fiction, nonfiction, children’s books, and poetry. He is a four-time winner of the David Reid Poetry Translation Prize, and received the 2009 Biennial NSW Premier and PEN Translation Prize. His translation…

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December 2018

Marian Schwartz in Conversation with Jonathan Brent

December 11, 2018 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
192 Books, 192 10th Avenue at 21st St
New York, NY 10011 United States
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Writer and professor Jonathan Brent is joined by translator Marian Schwartz to discuss her new translation of Leonid Yuzefovich's Horsemen of the Sands from the Russian. Marian Schwartz has translated over sixty volumes of Russian classic and contemporary fiction, history, biography, criticism, and fine art.

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March 2019

Celebrate the launch of Good Will Come From the Sea with translator Karen Emmerich

March 19, 2019 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
192 Books, 192 10th Avenue at 21st St
New York, NY 10011 United States
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Join us at 192 Books for a celebration of Christos Ikonomou's Good Will Come From the Sea. Translator Karen Emmerich will discuss her deft translation of this burning, empathetic collection with Sophia Efthimiatou, Associate Director of the Onassis Foundation. Come for warm company, a rousing discussion of this unforgettable book and the craft of translation, and good Greek wine as we toast to Karen and Good Will Come From the Sea.

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January 2020

Álvaro Enrigue and Jonathan Blitzer discuss Juan Carlos Onetti

January 21, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
192 Books, 192 10th Avenue at 21st St
New York, NY 10011 United States
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please join us for a conversation between Álvaro Enrigue and Jonathan Blitzer on the life and work of Juan Carlos Onetti, and his collection A Dream Come True, translated by Katherine Silver. Tuesday, January 21st 7:00pm 192 Books – 192 10th Avenue at 21st street Álvaro Enrigue is an award winning novelist, short-story writer, and essayist. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Believer, The White Review, n+1, London Review of Books, El País, among others. His novel…

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