Colloquy
Colloquy: Translators in Conversation is an event series presented by World Poetry Books in collaboration with Montez Press Radio and partnering New York City institutions and bookstores where translators to engage with live audiences in an exploration of the art of translation.
Colloquy’s partners and co-presenters include the Brooklyn Public Library, the Center for the Humanities (CUNY Graduate Center), Unnameable Books, P&T Knitwear, and the Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center.
Each event is broadcast and archived on the internet by Montez Press Radio for wider access. Edited transcripts of the conversations have been published at Asymptote and Hopscotch.
Colloquy Curator: C. Francis Fisher
Colloquy Intern: Katelyn Peters
For inquiries or to get involved as a co-presenter, please contact us at colloquy[at]worldpoetrybooks.com.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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PAST EVENTS
Colloquy #10
Translating Avant-Garde Women
Alex Braslavsky, Christina Svendsen, and Emilie Moorhouse;
hosted and moderated by Madhu Kaza
Wednesday, December 6, 2023, 7–9 PM
Central Library
10 Grand Army Plaza Brooklyn, NY 11238
Colloquy #9
Translating Visual Poetry
Mónica de la Torre, Michael Kasper, and Olivia Sears
Friday, November 3, 2023, 7–9 PM
Center for Book Arts
28 W 27th St New York, NY 10001
Colloquy #8
New Directions
Patricio Ferrari, Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda, and Minna Zallman Proctor
Friday, October 6, 2023, 7–9 PM
Unnameable Books
615 Vanderbilt Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11238
Colloquy #7
Emerging Translators
Elina Alter, Alex Braslavsky, and Greg Nissan
Saturday, June 3, 2023, 5PM
Unnameable Books
615 Vanderbilt Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11238
Colloquy #6
Latin American Poetry in Translation
Lily Zemborain, Christopher Winks, Jeanette L. Clariond, Samantha Schnee and Marguerite Feitlowitz
Tuesday, May 9, 2023, 7PM
Central Library
10 Grand Army Plaza Brooklyn, NY 11238
Colloquy #5
Translating the Caribbean
Aaron Coleman, Karaima L. Glover, and Urayoán Noel
Saturday, April 29, 2023, 4PM
The Clemente
107 Suffolk St, NYC, NY 10002
Read a transcript of the readers’ conversation via Asymptote here.
Colloquy #4
Translating Constraint
Jennifer Grotz, Piotr Sommer, Maria Borio, Danielle Pieratti
Saturday, October 8, 2022, 4PM
Unnameable Books
615 Vanderbilt Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11238
Read a transcript of the readers’ conversation via Hopscotch Translation here.
Colloquy #3
Translating La Francophonie
Nicole Simek, Pierre Joris, and Mark Polizotti
Wed, February 1, 2023, 7PM
Central Library
10 Grand Army Plaza Brooklyn, NY 11238
Colloquy #2
Retranslating Classics
Susan Bernofsky, Katrina Dodson, and Mark Polizzotti
Tuesday, November 1, 2022, 7PM
Unnameable Books
615 Vanderbilt Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11238
Colloquy #1
Translators in Conversation
Jennifer Grotz, Piotr Sommer, Maria Borio, and Danielle Pieratti
Saturday, October 8, 2022, 4PM
Unnameable Books
615 Vanderbilt Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11238
Read a transcript of the readers’ conversation via Hopscotch Translation here.