February 2016
Father, daughter; author, translator: Homero & Chloe Aridjis discuss The Child Poet at Green Apple Books on the Park
Green Apple Books on the Park in San Francisco hosts celebrated Mexican poet Homero Aridjis and his daughter the novelist and translator Chloe Aridjis at 7pm. They will speak about THE CHILD POET, a dream memoir written by Homero Aridjis which animates long-forgotten memories of his childhood that imminent fatherhood helped to uncover.
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Reading and Discussion with Christos Ikonomou and Anne Germanacos
Christos Ikonomou wrote the acclaimed Something Will Happen, You'll See, which chronicles the lives of men and women living under the weight of economic collapse. Heralded as "the Greek Faulker" by La Republica, Ikonomou sketches the steelworkers, warehousemen, families, packers, pensioners, and the unemployed as they survive, clinging to the flickers of hope that come their way. Join us on Wednesday to hear this critical voice of the Greek literary landscape talk with Anne Germanacos.
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A Conversation with Roger Mello at Green Apple Books on the Park
Green Apple Books on the Park is celebrating the launch of Archipelago Books’ new children’s book press Elsewhere Editions, with a discussion about international children’s literature between author/illustrator Roger Mello and Daniel Hahn, editor of the Oxford Companion to Children’s Literature. Sponsored by the Center for the Art of Translation. Translated by children’s literature guru Daniel Hahn, You Can’t Be Too Careful! explores an idea that author and illustrator Mello had as a child: that one small action can have marvelous…
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