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5th annual Wine and Words–with a contest!
This will be the fifth year I’ve helped to organize a Wine and Words tasting at Winter’s Hill Estate. I’ve written here before about the fun of reading aloud, and listening to others. Back in February 2011, no less, with Tasting Notes after our first event. This year’s word flights will include fiction, poetry, translation, and–for…
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Translation Notes with Necessary Fiction
Regular readers of this (irregular) blog know I spend a good deal of my time thinking and writing and reading about translation. Today the web journal Necessary Fiction featured my contribution to their “Translation Notes” series, “Empurpled and Bedamasked: Reading through Trafalgar.” I’ve been enjoying the series since it began– very pleased to be in…
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Wine and Word Celebration at Winter’s Hill Feb. 16
Counting down. . . Tomorrow is the the third annual Wine and Word Celebration at Winter’s Hill Vineyard. The tasting room is open 11-5; we’ll have readings and word tastings on the hour, starting at noon. Pinot noir and Pinot gris from Winter’s Hill, paired with poetry, science fiction, baseball, watershed restoration, dramatic monologue, translation, more wine.…
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Blog shift, format, wine & word
So much at once, right? For a couple of years now, I’ve been blogging at ¿Se enseña aquí? — a blog begun partly in the hopes of encouraging students to study abroad (in particular in the program in Rosario, Argentina, where I was about to teach) and continued as a way to talk about translation, language…