June 2022
Bruna Dantas Lobato and Andrea Lawlor celebrate Caio Fernando Abreu
Join Bruna Dantas Lobato and Andrea Lawlor as they discuss Dantas Lobato’s translation of Moldy Strawberries by Caio Fernando Abreu. Odyssey Bookshop will host their conversation virtually on June 14th at 7pm EST. In Moldy Strawberries, Caio Fernando Abreu navigates a Brazil transformed by the AIDS epidemic and stifling military dictatorship of the ’80s. Suspended between fear and longing, Abreu’s characters grasp for connection. A man speckled with Carnival glitter crosses a crowded dance floor and seeks the warmth and beauty…
Find out more »Tess Lewis, Paul Wilson, and Trevor Berrett in conversation at Odyssey Bookshop
We're excited to invite you to join a virtual conversation between Tess Lewis, Paul Wilson, and Trevor Berrett on June 30th at 7pm. They will discuss titles that Archipelago has brought out throughout the years. The event will be hosted by Odyssey Bookshop, you can register for the event here. Tess Lewis's translations include works by Peter Handke, Walter Benjamin, Maja Haderlap, Christine Angot and Philippe Jaccottet. She has been awarded many grants and awards from PEN USA, PEN UK,…
Find out more »April 2024
Eliana Hernández-Pachón at Odyssey Bookshop
This Thursday, April 18th, Eliana Hernández-Pachón will read from the recent English translation of her narrative poem, The Brush. Join us at Odyssey Bookshop for a special evening of poetry. Eliana Hernández-Pachón is a writer, translator, and educator born in Bogotá, Colombia. The Brush received the Colombia National Poetry Prize in 2020, making Hernández-Pachón the youngest poet to ever receive this honor. She is part of Como un lugar, a poetry collective that runs an independent press in Buenos Aires…
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