Notes on Translation, Pedophiles, Festivals in New York and Obligatory Books.

Or a to do list:

Foreskin's Lament. A book about Orthodox upbringing and dealing with ghosts of religiosity in childhood.

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Chris Morris and Paedogeddon. British dry humor about pedophiles. Always funny.

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Cipher Journal is at Yale and does literary translation. Yale is confirmed to be a sad sad place.

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Open Letter. The new publishers of books in translation from the good people at University of Rochester. Including Chad Post of the incredible Three Percent.

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Pen World Voices Festival
in New York in May. Seems to be a mandatory stop. And fun, maybe too. And much good info for sure.

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Bernard Levy. I heard that he has a castle in Morocco, a castle in somewhere else, a retreat in some other far flung globe spot. But decided to write his book on Darfur in a $1000 a night resort in the South of France. He is headlining at the Pen World Voices Festival.

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I need to read the Unbearable Lightness of Being. And Wayne Kostenbaum. And more.

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Michael Henry Heim looks like Lincoln and speaks nine languages and must be respected.

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