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Natasha Wimmer is Better at Translating Than You.

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Chances are, you’ve never translated a book before.  Then again if you’re  Jack Hirschman and you’re reading this, I’m totally wrong (the SF Poet Laureate has translated from over 8 languages!).  That’s ok, I’ve never translated a book either.  But Natasha Wimmer has, and the the book she worked on, Roberto Bolaño’s 2666, got the National Book Critic Novel of the Year Award.  Sure that’s no “Best of the Bay” award, but it’s not bad.

Tomorrow, October 6th Wimmer will be doing a FREE lunchtime reading and discussion at 111 Minna.  From 12:30-1:30, head on down and bring your lunch and get a behind the scenes perspective on the translation process.

I’d love to go myself, but I’m currently in NY preparing for the Fuck the Recession Party.  Don’t forget to tell your friends!

Lit & Lunch with Natasha Wimmer
Tuesday 10/6
12:30-1:30pm
111 Minna @ 2nd St.
[Soma]
FREE

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Stuart Schuffman, aka Broke-Ass Stuart, is a travel writer, poet, TV host, activist, and general shit-stirrer. His website BrokeAssStuart.com is one of the most influential arts & culture sites in the San Francisco Bay Area and his freelance writing has been featured in Lonely Planet, Conde Nast Traveler, The Bold Italic, Geek.com and too many other outlets to remember. His weekly column, Broke-Ass City, appears every other Thursday in the San Francisco Examiner. Stuart’s writing has been translated into four languages. In 2011 Stuart created and hosted the travel show Young, Broke, and Beautiful on IFC and in 2015 he ran for Mayor of San Francisco and got nearly 20k votes.

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