{"id":81872,"date":"2014-12-09T18:38:20","date_gmt":"2014-12-09T18:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/?p=81872"},"modified":"2017-10-04T11:22:59","modified_gmt":"2017-10-04T15:22:59","slug":"open-letter-books-awarded-national-endowment-for-the-arts-grant-81872","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/open-letter-books-awarded-national-endowment-for-the-arts-grant-81872\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Letter awarded National Endowment for the Arts grant"},"content":{"rendered":"

Open Letter Books, the Ä¢¹½´«Ã½\u2019s literary translation press, recently received one of this year\u2019s largest Arts Works grants in literature from the National Endowment for the Arts. The $60,000 grant will support the publication and promotion of several books in 2015, including Rochester Knockings, <\/em>a novel based on the Rochester-based religious movement of Spiritualism and the famous Fox Sisters.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re extremely grateful to the NEA for this generous award,\u201d said Open Letter Publisher Chad W. Post. \u201cTo be awarded the third largest grant in the literature category is one of the highest honors a nonprofit publisher can receive. But even more importantly is that this award allows us to introduce English readers to six amazing new books.\u201d<\/p>\n

The press was one of 55 organizations to receive a grant in this year\u2019s literature category. In 2014, the NEA received more than 1,400 applications for Arts Works grants, requesting more than $75 million in funding.<\/p>\n

According to NEA Senior Deputy Chairman Jane Chu, the grants were created to \u201cfoster value, connection, creativity, and innovation for the American people and affirm that the arts are part of our everyday lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

Open Letter is one of only a handful of presses in the U.S. devoted solely to publishing literary works in translation, which represent fewer than three percent of books published in the United States. In addition to traditional book promotions, Open Letter runs Three Percent<\/a>, a website featuring a daily blog on books and publishing issues, book reviews, the Best Translated Book Awards<\/a>, a weekly podcast, and a translation database. The press also has close ties to the Ä¢¹½´«Ã½\u2019s literary translation studies program.<\/p>\n

In addition to supporting the publication of Rochester Knockings <\/em>(translated by Jennifer Grotz, associate professor of English at Rochester), <\/em>the grant will support the publication of five additional books: Post-Exoticism in Ten Lessons<\/em>, Lesson Eleven<\/em> (translated by J.T. Mahany \u201913); Traces of Time<\/em>; Rock, Paper, Scissors<\/em>; So Much, So Much War<\/em>; and Loquela <\/em>(translated by Will Vanderhyden \u201913).<\/p>\n

For more information on Open Letter Books, visit http:\/\/www.openletterbooks.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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