In Translation
Events
Translation Spotlight: Ukraine, Looking at History
Step out of the winter chill and into an evening of Ukrainian food, drink, and extraordinary translated literature. On Friday, January 9 at 6:30 p.m., join us for a special edition of our Translation Spotlight series — Ukraine — presented in partnership with Maple Hope Foundation. Not a typical literary talk, you’ll be gathered around our long table for ...read more
Friday, Jan 9 Upstart & Crow Studio
In Translation Book Club: The Wax Child
Welcome to Upstart & Crow’s In Translation Book Club, a celebration of global literature and storytelling across languages and borders! This free, bi-monthly event in our studio space introduces readers to powerful voices writing in languages other than English, amplifying fresh perspectives, underheard narratives and bold ideas. After a brief summer reprieve, we’re back with a ...read more
Wednesday, Nov 26 Upstart & Crow Studio
Tamil Terrains: Poems, Translations, Reflections with Trace Press
What happens when a two-thousand-year-old language, rooted in a classical poetics of land, is moved, along with its peoples, through colonial and postcolonial upheavals, war and forced or voluntary migrations? Join us online on Sunday Nov 16 at 9:30am PST to celebrate Trance Press’ newest release in their translating series, Tamil Terrains. We’ll be joined by ...read more
Sunday, Nov 16 Online via Zoom
Translation Spotlight: Hong Kong, Singapore & Taiwan with Anna Ling Kaye
Fragrant Harbour. The Garden City. Beautiful Island. Though small in geographic footprint, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan have outsized cultural identities which have carried each from fishing backwater to bustling colony to Asian Tiger status and beyond. Please join us on Monday, October 20th at 7pm for a spotlight on the exciting, fertile terrain of modern literature from these ...read more
Monday, Oct 20 Upstart & Crow Studio
Translation Spotlight: An Evening of Mexican Literature With Jorge Amigo & Sarah Revilla-Sanchez
There’s no perfect translation for sobremesa. It’s a cherished tradition across Latin America—that warm, beautiful time after a meal where you talk, debate, laugh… you sobremesa! We’re hosting a sobremesa on Monday, May 5 at 7pm, with a combination of sweet treats, conversation, and the chance to delve into the fascinating, brilliant world of contemporary ...read more
Monday, May 5 Upstart & Crow Studio
Translator for a Night: A Workshop with Janet Hong
Translation, often considered an act of literary alchemy, allows beloved texts to live fully in new linguistic and cultural spaces. Yet despite its essential role in the literary world, it’s an art form that many of us who speak only one language have never experienced first-hand. What if you could step into the shoes of ...read more
Tuesday, Mar 11 Upstart & Crow Studio
A Sunday Morning with Yuri Herrera
Join us for a Found in Translation discussion on Sunday, Nov. 3 at 10am PDT with Yuri Herrera about history, justice, literature... and how 19th-century New Orleans can help us understand the world we live in. “Told in Herrera’s typically sparkling, form-exploding language, this one is screaming ‘modern epic.’” — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub A ...read more
Sunday, Nov 3 Online via Zoom
Ukrainian Voices: A Talk with Lyuba Yakimchuk
It’s our third Ukrainian Voices event! Join us for an online conversation on Sunday, October 27 at 10 AM. Our special guests will include Lyuba Yakimchuk—the award-winning Ukrainian poet, playwright, and screenwriter, renowned for her poem collections such as Apricots of Donbas—in conversation with Amelia Glaser, distinguished scholar, translator, and author. Apricots of Donbas is ...read more
Sunday, Oct 27 Online via Zoom