A Venn Diagram of Not Reading
鈥淚f I actually finish a book, I feel like I deserve a Nobel Prize.鈥 鈥淚 can't even guess when I last read a book. But I'd watch movies all day if I could. Especially Marvel ones.鈥 Overheard on a URochester Shuttle 鈥淚n the last decade, she says, history has toppled from the king of disciplines to a ...
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Paul Auster in Rochester
This is for all the CNY folks: Paul Auster will be on campus on September 30th to give a George H. Ford Lecture on “Fiction and Translation.” This event is being co-sponsored by the George H. Ford Lecture Fund, the Department of English, and the Reading the World Conversation Series. Very cool opportunity to ...
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Best Translated Book 2008 Longlist: Voice Over by Celine Curiol
We’re into the home stretch now . . . Over the next four days we’ll be highlighting a book-a-day from the 25-title Best Translated Book of 2008 fiction longlist, leading up to the announcement of the 10 finalists. Click here for all previous write-ups. Voice Over by Celine Curiol, translated from the ...
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