Upcoming Translation Events (Virtual & In-Person): June 2025

From L-R: STRANGE AND PERFECT ACCOUNT FROM THE PERMAFROST by Donald Niedekker, tr. Jonathan Reeder; MENDING BODIES by Hon Lai Chu, tr. Jacqueline Leung; WATER by Rumi, tr. Haleh Liza Gafori

Monday, June 2:

Donald Niedekker presents Strange and Perfect Account from the Permafrost, in conversation with Jonathan Reeder and Garth Risk Hallberg | Hailed as the “Zen master of Dutch literature,” Donald Niedekker was awarded the 2021 Brussels Free University’ s Luc Bucquoye Prize, given for work that stands out for its unconventional and idiosyncratic nature. In 2023, Waarachtige Beschrijvingen Uit de Permafrost (Strange and Perfect Account from the Permafrost), won the prestigious Bordewijk Prize. In-Person. Hosted by Community Bookstore. More info here. 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. (ET)

 

Wednesday, June 4:

Yu & Me Books Presents: Hon Lai Chu and Jacqueline Leung on Mending Bodies with Bonnie Chau | On tour from Hong Kong, author Hon Lai Chu and translator Jacqueline Leung visit Seattle, San Francisco, Berkeley, Washington DC, and New York City to celebrate the English translation of Mending Bodies, out April 29 from Two Lines Press. In-person. Hosted by Yu & Me Books. More info here. 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. (ET)

Everything Could Be: A Party | Join us to celebrate Everything Could Be, a chapbook-length exquisite corpse–style poem, composed of previously discarded “darling” lines donated by 155 UDP authors, translators, and friends. Performances by Brandon López, The Ghost Shepherds, Mike Taylor, and Ed Steck, as well as a choral reading of the chapbook by contributors Alexis Almeida, Bruce Andrews, Erica Baum, Gillian Brassil, Rob Macaisa Colgate, Alex Cuff, Maryam Monalisa Gharavi, Filip Marinovich, Jeffrey Joe Nelson, Yuko Otomo, Kim Rosenfield, Michael Ruby, Sally Silvers, Kendra Sullivan, Friese Undine, and Alex Zucker. In-person. Hosted by Ugly Duckling Presse. More info here. Starts at 8:00 p.m. (ET) 

 

Wednesday, June 11:

Haleh Liza Gafori presents Water with Terrance Hayes at Community Bookstore | Community Bookstore in Park Slope, Brooklyn, hosts Haleh Liza Gafori for a presentation of Water, her second volume of translations of poetry by the Persian mystic Rumi, following Gold (NYRB Classics 2022). Gafori will be joined in conversation by the poet and 2014 MacArthur fellow Terrance Hayes. In-person. Hosted by Community Bookstore. More info here. Starts at 7:00 p.m. (ET)

 

Thursday, June 12:

Book Launch for Quino’s Mafalda with Idra Novey & Kirmen Uribe | Idra Novey & Kirmen Uribe will be in conversation, and wine and snacks will be available. In-person. Hosted by Sullaluna Bookshop & Bistrot. More info here. 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. (ET)

 

Tuesday, June 24:

A Reading from Works in Progress at Unnameable Books | Join us for Archipelago’s Works in Progress: A Reading at Unnameable Books featuring forthcoming works in translation: Jacob Roger reads Manual Rivas; Karen Emmerich reads Christos Ikonomou; Alyson Waters reads Antoine Volodine; Jennifer Shyue reads Augusto Higa Oshiro; and Minna Zallman Proctor reads Cesare Pavese. Refreshments will be served. In-person. Hosted by Unnameable Books. More info here. 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. (ET)

 

 

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