Open Letter searches international literature that is extraordinary and influential, works that we hope will become the classics of tomorrow.
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- Founded:
- 2007
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Fall/Winter 2009Created about 3 months ago
Spring/Summer 2009Created about 3 months ago
Events
10 past eventsSee All
- Reading the World: Four Intern...
Gowen Room, Wilson Commons
Thursday, November 5 at 6:00pm - Reading the World Conversation...
Plutzik Library (in Rush Rhees Libr...
Tuesday, October 20 at 6:30pm - Reading the World Conversation...
Sloan Auditorium (in Goergen Hall)
Tuesday, October 6 at 5:00pm - Dubravka Ugresic w/ Brigid Hughes
Melville House Bookstore
Tuesday, October 14 at 7:00pm - Bragi Olafsson w/ Dubravka Ugr...
McNally Jackson
Wednesday, October 8 at 7:00pm - Dubravka Ugresic Conversation
TBA
Wednesday, October 1 at 6:00pm - Dubravka Ugresic Reading
57th Street Books
Tuesday, September 30 at 6:00pm - Dubravka Ugresic Reading
Harvard Book Store
Wednesday, September 24 at 7:00pm - Dubravka Ugresic w/ Bryten Bry...
92nd St. Y
Tuesday, September 23 at 7:00pm - Dubravka Ugresic at the Univer...
University of Rochester
Tuesday, September 16 at 7:00pm
Open Letter Books In case you missed it: To celebrate the release of Jorge Volpi’s "Season of Ash," we recently serialized on our blog (Three Percent) a fascinating speech by Volpi on the future of Latin American fiction.
Source: www.rochester.edu
Open Letter Books Another fab review of the "Wall in My Head" anthology. This time from Front Table . . .
Source: blog.semcoop.com
On the evening of November 9th, this reviewer shuffled westward in the hunched crowd of what seemed to be mostly international tourists pressing slowly through the rain on Unter den Linden toward Brandenburger Tor. ...
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Library Journal reviews our "Wall in My Head" anthology: "Personal recollection and reflection can provide readers with a deeper understanding of an event. This anthology of fiction, essays, images, and historical documents, assembled by Words Without Borders, does this exceptionally well." More info here: http://catalog.openletterbooks.org/autho
Source: www.libraryjournal.com
Twenty years ago this November, the world changed when the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) responded to increasing Eastern bloc unrest by permitting its citizens to cross into West Germany. The iron curtain, manifested to the world most clearly by the concrete Berlin Wall, fell. ...
Open Letter Books Our "2 for $22" deal is still going strong but not for much longer . . . Pick any two books for $22 flat, and you're entered to win a full year of free books from Open Letter--a potential of 12 great books for 22 bucks.
Source: openletterbooks.org
Open Letter Books Video of our final Reading the World event of the fall, featuring a group of four writers and translators in residence at Ledig House—an international writers residency in New York that specializes in hosting authors and translators from around the world.
Source: www.youtube.com
November 5, 2009 - Ledig House International Writers Residency is one of the only residences of its type in the United States. Since its creation in 1992, Ledig House has hosted hundreds of writers and translators from roughly 50 countries around the world. ...
Open Letter Books For those in NYC: Check out the "Wall in My Head" event at Idlewild Books tonight (hosted by Words without Borders).
Location:Idlewild Books, 12 W 19th Street, New York, NY
Time:7:00PM Tuesday, November 10th
Open Letter Books Great review in the Brooklyn Rain for our newly released anthology, commemorating the 20th anniversary of the fall of Berlin Wall: "The Wall in my Head: Words and Images from the Fall of the Iron Curtain."
Source: www.brooklynrail.org
The editors have arranged these high-caliber works to create a tension between celebratory and somber writing, and that gives the book a touch of greatness.
Open Letter Books Any book review that twice suggests the author should win the Noble Prize is a good review. In this case, the author is Jorge Volpi, and the book is SEASON OF ASH.
Source: www.insidehighered.com
Jorge Volpi’s Season of Ash is the kind of novel that reminds me why I read novels in the first place, but it’s also the kind that makes me wonder why I bother to write. Before the end of this review, I am going to try to convince you that Volpi is a genius, that you have to buy this book, and that ...
Open Letter Books A reminder for those near Rochester: The final Reading the World event of the fall is 6 p.m. tonight, featuring 4 international writers and translators from Ledig House.
Authors. Translators. Ideas.
Location:Gowen Room, Wilson Commons
Time:6:00PM Thursday, November 5th
Open Letter Books If you haven’t checked out the blog for the fascinating anthology “The Wall in My Head: Word and Images from the Fall of the Iron Curtain,” now’s the time. The books are just back from the printer, and will be shipping forthwith!
Source: thewallinmyhead.com
On the night of November 9, 1989, after months of unrest in Europe and East Germany, the checkpoints between East and West Berlin were suddenly, almost accidentally, opened, reuniting the two sides of ...
Open Letter Books Ok. Our "2 for $22" deal is back online and working great now (we know a lot of you have had trouble ordering). Pick any two books for $22 flat, and you're entered to win a full year of free books from Open Letter. That a potential of 12 beautiful books for $22. Not bad . . .
Source: openletterbooks.org
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Ledig House International Writers Residency is one of the only residences of its type in the United States. Since its creation in 1992, Ledig House has hosted hundreds of writers and translators from roughly 50 countries around the world. The colony’s strong international emphasis reflects the spirit of cultural exchan...ge that is part of Ledig’s enduring legacy.
At this event, Chad Post (Director of Open Letter at the University of Rochester) will lead a panel of writers and translators from around the world—all of whom are currently in residence at Ledig House. The panel will include readings and discussion from:
Kathrin Aehnlich (Germany): Her first novel, published 2007, became a bestseller in Germany.
Tom Dreyer (South Africa): His second novel received the Eugene Marais Prize. His third was shortlisted for the M-Net Prize.
Linda Gaboriau (Canada): She is an award-winning translator of Quebec’s most prominent playwrights.
Pravda Miteva (Bulgaria): She has worked as a literary translator since 1994, and owns a small publishing house.
(This event is hosted by Open Letter and University of Rochester Arts & Sciences. It is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts.)Read More
At this event, Chad Post (Director of Open Letter at the University of Rochester) will lead a panel of writers and translators from around the world—all of whom are currently in residence at Ledig House. The panel will include readings and discussion from:
Kathrin Aehnlich (Germany): Her first novel, published 2007, became a bestseller in Germany.
Tom Dreyer (South Africa): His second novel received the Eugene Marais Prize. His third was shortlisted for the M-Net Prize.
Linda Gaboriau (Canada): She is an award-winning translator of Quebec’s most prominent playwrights.
Pravda Miteva (Bulgaria): She has worked as a literary translator since 1994, and owns a small publishing house.
(This event is hosted by Open Letter and University of Rochester Arts & Sciences. It is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts.)Read More
Authors. Translators. Ideas.
Time:6:00PM Thursday, November 5th
Location:Gowen Room, Wilson Commons
Open Letter Books Our first starred review in Publishers Weekly came out today for THE GOLDEN CALF: "A hilarious blend of absurdist, futurist and surrealist sensibilities. . . . This is a finely translated edition of a triumphant literary experiment."
Source: www.publishersweekly.com
Reviewed this week, new fiction from Robert Crais, Sandra Brown, Stephen Coonts, Ron Rash, Nicholas Coleridge and Jude Deveraux. Also, Leila Meacham delivers a big, fat Texas epic, Canadian radio host ...
Open Letter Books The Jorge Volpi (internationally famous Mexican author) & Alfred Mac Adam (preeminent translator) event went brilliantly, and video is now up. It may be--dare we say--the best Reading the World to date.
Source: www.youtube.com
On October 7, 2008, as part of the ongoing Reading the World Conversation Series, Jorge Volpi—author of international bestseller IN SEARCH OF KLINGSOR, and a founder of the Crack group—reads from his latest novel, SEASON OF ASH, and discusses the new generation of Mexican writers. ...
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Internationally bestselling author Jorge Volpi was just on the amazingly literary morning news in Rochester today. If you're in town, come and see him read and discuss his newest book, SEASON OF ASH, today. All the event details are right here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=15
Source: www.13wham.com
13WHAM.com is the website for 13WHAM-TV in Rochester, NY.
