A  Gathering of Translators

Sept 30, 2024, in celebration of Day of Translation

If you throw a flower in another language into the air, who will catch it? Let’s make a bouquet together in many languages! Please join us for a chance to convene and bring together literary translators and multilingual writers in the DMV for a kaleidoscopic reading and gathering. 

Location: Gillespie Gallery, 1st Floor Art and Design Building, 4515 Patriot Circle, Fairfax

Bus stop: Mason shuttle stop is nearby. Please use google maps to find us.  

Parking: Shenandoah Parking Deck (Validation will be provided for readers. Please save your receipt)

Program

3:30 - 4: 30pm Reception with Introductions, and a discussion on building community around translation; hopes for literary translation practice in the DMV 

Poetry Reading 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm

Lineup: includes Padma Narayanan, Katie King, Munir Hachemi (Cheuse Center Writer-in-Residence from Spain). Nancy Naomi Carlson and Vivek Narayanan

Book Sales: All writers are welcome to bring books to sell via cash, check, venmo, paypal, zelle, with payment to be issued directly to them. 

About the Exhibition: Nothing Personal: a collaboration in black and white: https://www.masonexhibitions.org/exhibitions/nothing-personal