Many authors draw on stories from the past in order to write about the present. Join acclaimed writers Niviaq Korneliussen, Bridgett M. Davis, Gabrielle Bell, and Willivaldo Delgadillo as they read their own words and share the works of the literary giants on whose shoulders they stand. This evening will be moderated by writer and translator Esther Allen. Presented in partnership…

With Alejandro de la Fuente, Silvio A. Torres-Saillant, Juliet Hooker and Jesse Hoffnung-Garskof. Latin American Studies Association Conference, Boston, Massachusetts.

With Esther K. Whitfield, Jacqueline Loss, and Radamés Molina. Latin American Studies Association Conference, Boston, Massachusetts.

National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute: José Martí and the Immigrant Communities of Florida in Cuban Independence and the Dawn of the American Century  Center for José Martí Studies, University of Tampa

Princeton Program in Translation and Intercultural Communication Monday Lunch Series

Panel: Interpreting on the Page Marguerite Feitlowitz (Bennington College) Esther Allen (Baruch College) Barbara Epler (Publisher / Editor-in-Chief, New Directions) Wyatt Mason (Bard College / Hannah Arendt Center) Peter Filkins (Bard College / Simon’s Rock)

Amid the turmoil of 1970, the PEN “World of Translation” conference—billed as the first international translation conference in the United States— altered perspectives and created new realms of literary possibility for the English-speaking world. In the turmoil of the present day, “Translating the Future” (launched May 12, 2020) will reflect on how literary translation—the “language…