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Carlos Reyes at Chaparral Books

Chaparral Books 1975 SW 1st Ave L, Portland, OR, United States

Poet and translator Carlos Reyes lives in Portland, Oregon. He is a traveler and conscientious observer of the natural world and its responses to human impact. Whether he journeys to Alaska, Ecuador, France, India, Ireland, or Panama, those travels and observations inform his poetry. His awards and honors include: Oregon Arts Commission Fellowship for Poetry; Fellow Island Institute (Sitka, Alaska, 2011); Heinrich Boll Fellow (Achill Island, Ireland, 2008); and Fellow at Yaddo (1982). A Suitcase Full of Crows (1995) was a Bluestem Prize winner and finalist for the Oregon Book Awards. At the Edge of the Western Wave (2004), under various titles, was a 3-time finalist for the National Poetry Series (1993, 1995, 2002). He has been Poet in Residence at many places, among them…

Free

David Coulter/E.F. Granell & Tom DeBeauchamp

Passages Bookshop 1801 NW Upshur, Suite 660, Portland, OR, United States

David Coulter reads from his translation of The Novel of the Tupinamba Indian by Surrealist Spanish Civil War writer and painter Eugenio Granell, recently published by City Lights. An artist, educator, and translator (from Spanish and Portuguese), Coulter is currently at work on collections of stories by Granell and Miguel Carvalho; his visual work has been exhibited widely in the USA and Europe. Coulter will be joined by Portland writer Tom DeBeauchamp, whose prose has appeared in Hobart, The Collagist, Ragazine, and elsewhere on the world wide web. Written by Galician surrealist artist and revolutionary E.F. Granell, The Novel of the Tupinamba Indian is a picaresque, Cervantes-influenced allegory of the Spanish Civil War. Set against a cruel landscape peopled by generals, priests, conquistadors, poets, witches, and…

Free

S**tholes of the World Unite: A Poetry Reading in Translation

Holocene 1001 SE Morrison St, Portland, OR, United States

Featuring an extensive list of some of our most recognized translator-poets reading poetry in English translation from s**thole countries, those named and unnamed. In solidarity and as a form of resistance to the imperialist, racist, and sexist ideologies which divide us, and in recognition of how English language translation plays a prominent role in making works of poetry available and creates international networks for political and social solidarity and change. Contact: Katherine Hedeen and Jake Levine

Free

The Future of Translation Party / Two Lines, The Literary Review, & Arkansas International

Irving Street Studio 907 NW Irving St, Portland, OR, United States

Tonight belongs to translation! Join us for a party to celebrate twenty-five years of Two Lines Journal with performances by Gregory Pardlo, Mónica de la Torre, Jennifer Grotz, Curtis Bauer, Will Schutt, Aaron Coleman, and many others. Join Two Lines, The Literary Review, and Arkansas International for an evening of mingling, reading, and thoroughly enjoying literary translation. Stop by booth 6048 for an updated list of readers and timings of the program, or visit our website. Contact: Two Lines Press Tonight belongs to translation! Join us for a party and performances by Gregory Pardlo, Mónica de la Torre, Jennifer Grotz, Curtis Bauer, Will Schutt, and others to celebrate 25 years of Two Lines publishing groundbreaking international literature. Co-hosted by The Literary Review and Arkansas International, The Future of Translation Party…

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Guerilla Translation: Contemporary Brazilian Poetry

Passages Bookshop 1801 NW Upshur, Suite 660, Portland, OR, United States

This presentation is a part of the Just Off Site: Passages Bookshop Literary Festival. Translators of contemporary Brazilian poetry will present and discuss the ways in which translation serves as vehicles for literary, cultural, and transnational activism, examining the broader implications of the art of translation as its practice is embedded within social, cultural, political, and aesthetic matrices. Participants: Hilary Kaplan, Chris Daniels, and Sean Negus. Contact: David Abel & Sean Negus

Free

AWP Offsite Event: Tavern Books 10th Anniversary Celebration!

Portland Union Station 800 NW 6th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Celebrate 10 years of Tavern Books in style at Portland's historic Union Station. Join us in the beautiful first-class passenger lounge for readings on the hour, drinks, and giveaways. Meet and mingle with Tavern editors, authors, translators, and board members. The night will be a special tribute to translation. Free and open to the public. Please enter through main lobby of train station and follow signs to the Metropolitan Lounge. Portland Union Station in the Metropolitan Lounge 800 NW 6th Ave. #255 Portland, OR 97209 United States (map) TRANSLATOR READINGS ON THE HOUR: Mauricio Espinoza (translator from the Spanish of The Fire’s Journey by Eunice Odio) Mauricio Espinoza is a poet, scholar, and journalist from Costa Rica. He is assistant professor of Spanish and Latin…

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Yokai Stories and Japanese YA Reading

Kinokuniya Bookstore 10500 SW Beaverton-Hillsdale Hwy, Beaverton, OR, United States

Join us for a reading and conversation with author Zack Davisson and translator Takami Nieda, who will be reading from their latest releases: a children's book Yokai Stories by Zack Davisson and YA novel Go by Kazuki Kaneshiro. The bookstore is inside the famed Uwajimaya Asian food market, so make an afternoon of it, and bring the little ones to this kid/YA-friendly event! Contact: Chin Music Press & Takami Nieda

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