June 2017
Martina Broner in conversation with Benjamin Kunkel
Please join us at McNally Jackson to hear translator Martina Broner and writer Benjamin Kunkel discuss Antonio Di Benedetto's Nest in the Bones. Antonio Di Benedetto wrote with constant poetic innovation. His genre-defying stories, often dark and unexpectedly moving, explore the space between imagination and reality, tragedy and melodrama, civilization and barbarism. Nest in the Bones attests to Di Benedetto’s mastery of the short form as well as his impressive range across genres and styles. Di Benedetto was a writer’s writer, admired by…
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Maureen Shaugnessy in conversation with Lina Meruane
Maureen Shaughnessy will discuss her translation of Hebe Uhart's short story collection, The Scent of Buenos Aires, with Lina Meruane. Maureen Shaughnessy has translated Maya folktales by Guadalupe Urbina, several Cañari legends, and has co-translated the memoirs of the Catalan poster artist Carles Fontserè. Her translations have been published by The Paris Review, Words Without Borders, Brick, and AGNI. Her translation of a poetry chapbook by Nurit Kasztelan is forthcoming from Cardboard House Press. She lives in Bariloche, Argentina. Born in 1936 in the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Hebe Uhart is one of Argentina’s most celebrated modern…
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