Marian Schwartz on Translating Tolstoy
November 25, 2014
We had the chance to sit down with prolific translator Marian Schwartz to talk about her latest translation of Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina. She touches on the joys and challenges of… READ MORE
Category: Humanities
Reflections on the World of My Father
November 22, 2014
Nina Howe— The experience of editing the book, A Voice Still Heard, a selection of essays by my late father Irving Howe, was for me an exploration into my father’s… READ MORE
An Interview with Mark Polizzotti
November 11, 2014
We had the privilege of sitting down to talk with Mark Polizzotti, who, among other things, has recently translated a trio of novellas from Nobel Prize–winner Patrick Modiano, Suspended Sentences,… READ MORE
Museum Quality Books: Sculpting with Shadow
November 10, 2014
Mark Polizzotti has translated more than forty books from French, including the newly released Suspended Sentences by this year’s Nobel laureate in literature, Patrick Modiano. Mark wrote a lovely commentary on translating… READ MORE
Bram Stoker’s Birthday and Vampire Lore
November 8, 2014
Paul Barber— On November 8, we celebrate the birthday of Bram Stoker. Stoker’s novel Dracula, published in 1897, had a tremendous influence on vampire-novels although, like other fiction of this… READ MORE
The Story behind the Saxophone
November 6, 2014
Today marks the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of Adolphe Sax. Born in Dinant, Belgium, Sax became probably the most well-known inventor of musical brass-wind instruments in the nineteenth century…. READ MORE
Orson Welles, Radio, And The War Of The Worlds
October 30, 2014
Richard Pells— October 30, 1938. The night before Halloween in America. After dinner, at 8:00 in the evening, Eastern Standard Time, families throughout the country gathered in their living rooms,… READ MORE
Quiet Resonance: Translating Patrick Modiano
October 22, 2014
Mark Polizzotti— At first blush, the qualities suggested by Patrick Modiano’s fictions do not shout “Nobel.” Unlike Sartre (the laureate malgre lui), with his grand philosophical pronouncements, or France’s previous… READ MORE
Video: Allen and Wallace Shawn Discuss Leonard Bernstein
October 21, 2014
Brothers Allen and Wallace Shawn recently sat down to discuss the life of legendary composer, conductor, and author Leonard Bernstein. While most of us know him today for the spectacular scores… READ MORE
City/Country: A Reflection on Life
October 19, 2014
Today is National Evaluate Your Life Day, and while the holiday may be quirky, it does offer an excuse to take a moment from your busy schedule and reflect on your… READ MORE
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