What to Read When You’ve Made It Halfway Through 2020
Rumpus editors share forthcoming books they can’t wait to read!
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Posts Tagged: Ann Goldstein
Notable NYC: 9/7–9/13
Literary events in and around NYC this week!
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Notable NYC: 8/17–8/23
Literary events in and around NYC this week!
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Notable NYC: 6/22–6/28
Literary events in and around NYC this week!
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What to Read When You Want to Read Women in Translation
A list of books written by women, translated by women, and in many instances, both!
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Literary events and readings in and around New York City this week!
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Literary events and readings in and around New York City this week!
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Sunday 7/9: Rachel Lyon, Gordon Harber, Chanice Hughes-Greenberg, and host Madeline Stevens join Sundays at Erv’s. Erv’s, 6 p.m., free. Monday 7/10: Jami Attenberg, Nicole Dennis-Benn, Courtney Maum, Elizabeth Crane, Paul Lynch, and Chiwan Choi join the Franklin Park reading series. Franklin Park, 8 p.m., free. Madeleine Mermall, Camonghne Felix, Mia Kang, Rachel Kang, Jeffery […]
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HORN! REVIEWS: My Brilliant Friend
Since I’m nowhere near the first, let me be only the most recent to entreat you to read the story of Lenú…
...moreFrom the Italian
The goal is to deliver something from another language into your own language so people will read it and like it. I think sometimes it’s forgotten that you have to be a good writer in your own language. As part of its “Multilingual Wordsmiths” series, the Los Angeles Review of Books features an interview with […]
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The Sunday Rumpus Interview: Idra Novey
Swati Khurana talks with novelist and translator Idra Novey about the challenges and joys of translation, the idiosyncrasies of language, the inextricable reception of women’s writing and women’s bodies, and much more.
...moreThe Brilliant Translator
Over at Guernica, Katrina Dodson interviews Ann Goldstein, Elena Ferrante’s translator, about the mysterious Italian writer, the final Neapolitan novel, and the meaning of life: Whether you’re a writer or not, you can imagine looking at your life and thinking, “What have I done?” What she’s doing in these books is asking, “What does my […]
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An Unnatural Mother: Elena Ferrante and Motherhood
Reading Ferrante is an intensely personal experience, and it’s disorienting to realize it’s one you’ve been having collectively.
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