NYRB NEWS
NYRB Events on April 26 and 30
On Sunday, April 26, at 4 p.m., NYRB Classics series editor Edwin Frank will be in discussion with Edward Mendelson about his new book, Moral Agents: Eight Twentieth-Century American Writers at Unnameable Books, 600 Vanderbilt Ave, Brooklyn, NY.
On Thursday, April 30, at 6 p.m., join Lawrence Kramer, the editor of the new NYRB Poets edition of Walt Whitman’s Drum-Taps, as he discusses the historical and literary importance of Whitman’s collection with Lawrence Buell and Elisa New, professors of American Literature at Harvard University. The event will take place at Harvard University’s Paine Hall, Music Building, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA.
For more information, visit our events page.
NYRB titles on the PEN Literary Awards shortlist
We’re pleased to announce that Peter Bush’s translation of Josep Pla’s The Gray Notebook has been shortlisted for the PEN Translation Prize and Ian Buruma’s Theater of Cruelty has made the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay shortlist.
The winners will be announced on June 8, at the 2015 PEN Literary Awards Ceremony.
Upcoming NYRB Events
Join NYRB for events in New York, Philadelphia, and Washington D.C.
On Monday, April 20, at 7 p.m., Renata Adler will discuss her new book of collected nonfiction, After the Tall Timber, at Politics and Prose Bookstore, 5015 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC.
On Tuesday, April 21, at 7 p.m., Adler will talk about After the Tall Timber at BookCourt, 163 Court St., Brooklyn, NY.
On Tuesday, April 21, at 7:30 p.m., Freeman Dyson will be in conversation about his new book, Dreams of Earth and Sky, with Dave Goldberg, professor and director of undergraduate studies in the Department of Physics at Drexel University, at the Free Library of Philadelphia, 1901 Vine Street, Philadelphia, PA.
On Thursday, April 23, from 7 to 8 p.m., join New York Review Books, Archipelago Books, and the Institut Ramon Llull at the New York Public Library for a celebration of Saint Jordi’s Day and Catalan literature. Jordi Puntí and Colm Toíbín will discuss the work and legacy of a great Catalonian author, Josep Pla, whose books include The Gray Notebook, published by NYRB Classics.
On Friday, April 24, at 7 p.m., Tim Parks will discuss his new essay collection, Where I’m Reading From: The Changing World of Books, at BookCourt, 163 Court St., Brooklyn, NY.
For more information, visit our events page.
Happy Birthday, Kingsley Amis!
Kingsley Amis (April 16, 1922 – October 22, 1995) was a popular and prolific British novelist, poet, and critic, widely regarded as one of the greatest satirical writers of the twentieth century.
NYRB Classics publishes Amis’s The Old Devils, Take a Girl Like You, Girl, 20, The Green Man, The Alteration, One Fat Englishman, Lucky Jim, and Ending Up. In honor of his birthday, all NYRB Classics by Kingsley Amis will be available at 30% off for a limited time.
Titles from NYRB longlisted for PEN awards and shortlisted for a Lambda Literary Award
We are pleased to announce that the following books from NYRB have made the longlists and shortlists for PEN awards and a Lambda Literary award.
Ian Buruma’s Theater of Cruelty has been included on the longlist for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay.
Josep Pla’s The Gray Notebook, translated by Peter Bush, and Tove Jansson’s The Woman Who Borrowed Memories, translated by Thomas Teal and Silvester Mazzarella, have been included on the Pen Translation Prize longlist.
Finalists will be announced on April 15, and the winners of all 2015 PEN awards will be announced on May 13 and honored at PEN’s Literary Awards Ceremony on June 8 at The New School in NYC.
Qiu Miaojin’s Last Words from Montmartre, translated by Ari Larissa Heinrich, has been shortlisted for a Lambda Literary Award in the Lesbian General Fiction category. Winners of the 27th Annual Lambda Literary Awards will be announced at a gala ceremony on June 1st in NYC.
Joel Agee on ‘Prometheus Bound’ at events in NYC
Join Joel Agee, the translator of the NYRB Classics edition of Prometheus Bound, for discussions about the provocative Greek tragedy at events around New York City.
On Tuesday, March 24, at 7 p.m., Damion Searls and Joel Agee will be in conversation about Prometheus Bound at The Community Bookstore (143 Seventh Ave, Brooklyn).
On Monday, March 30, from 7 to 8 p.m., Joel Agee will discuss his translation of Prometheus Bound, and Ron Cephas Jones, who starred in the acclaimed Getty Villa production of the play, will give dramatic readings of the text at the Strand Bookstore (828 Broadway, New York).
On Tuesday, March 31, at 7 p.m., Joel Agee will discuss Prometheus Bound with poet Tom Sleigh at The New York Public Library (Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, South Court Auditorium, 476 5th Ave, New York). Edwin Frank, series editor of NYRB Classics, will introduce the speakers. This event is sponsored by the Onassis Foundation (USA) and New York Review Books.
Upcoming Events: ‘Go Figure!’ and ‘Moral Agents’
On Friday, March 13, at 6 p.m., join New York Review Books, the American Academy in Rome, and McKee Gallery in celebrating the publication of Go Figure! New Perspectives on Guston. American Academy in Rome President Mark Robbins and Robert Storr will provide brief introductory remarks on Philip Guston and the book, and a reception will follow. McKee Gallery is located at 745 5th Avenue #400, New York.
On Monday, March 16, at 7 p.m., Edward Mendelson will discuss his latest book, Moral Agents: Eight Twentieth-Century American Writers at Politics & Prose Bookstore, 5015 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, D.C.
Yashar Kemal, 1922–2015