Bilingual Readings 1: LGBTQ Literature New Sweden 3 (2nd Floor) Friday, October 6, 2017 9:15am – 10:30 am Moderator: Alexis Levitin Time Translator Writer Country Language Genre 9:15am Dick Cluster Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro Puerto Rico Spanish Fiction 9:25am Rebecca Hanssens-Reed Jorge Angel Pérez Cuba Spanish Fiction 9:35am Sara Rivera Blanca Varela Peru Spanish Poetry 9:45am Laura Cesarco Eglin Andrea Nunes Brións Spain Galician Poetry 9:55am Olivia Lott Raúl Gómez Jattin Colombia Spanish Poetry 10:05am Olaya Barr Pedro Lemebel Chile Spanish Fiction
Bilingual Readings 2: South and Southeast Asia Norway 3 (3rd Floor) Friday, October 6, 2017 9:15am – 10:30 am Moderator: Daisy Rockwell Time Translator Writer Country Language Genre 9:15am Daisy Rockwell Shubham Shree India Hindi Poetry 9:25am Laura Brueck Ajay Navaria India Hindi Fiction 9:35am Jason Grunebaum Uday Prakash India Hindi Fiction 9:45am Shabnam Nadiya Shaheen Akhter Bangladesh Bangla Fiction 9:55am Taimoor Shahid Anwar Shahid Khan Pakistan Urdu Non-Fiction 10:05am Ray Chandrasekara Anis Malaysia Malay Fiction
Bilingual Readings 3: Political Works New Sweden 3 (2nd Floor) Friday, October 6, 2017 11:00 am – 12:15 pm Moderator: Julie Yelle Time Translator Writer Country Language Genre 11:00am Emma Rault Hilde Domin Germany German Poetry 11:10am Krzysztof Rowiński Krzysztof Kąkolewski Poland Polish Non-Fiction 11:20am Sevinc Turkkan Asli Erdogan Turkey Turkish Fiction 11:30am Kareem James Abu-Zeid Najwan Darwish Palestine Arabic Poetry 11:40am Julie Yelle Nasser Rabah Palestine Arabic Poetry 11:50am Eduardo Aparicio Legna Rodriguez Iglesias Cuba Spanish Poetry
Bilingual Readings 4: Slavic Languages Norway 3 (3rd Floor) Friday, October 6, 2017 11:00 am – 12:15 pm Moderator: Alexis Levitin Time Translator Writer Country Language Genre 11:00am Annie O. Fisher Ksenia Buksha Russia Russian Fiction 11:10am Harry Leeds Hannah Tomlets Ukraine Russian Poetry 11:20am Lisa Hayden Vadim Levental Russia Russian Fiction 11:30am Morgan Shafter Moshe Shanin Russia Russian Fiction 11:40am Katherine Young various poets Russia Russian Poetry 11:50am Alkina Macneal Julian Tuwim Poland Polish Poetry
Bilingual Readings 5: North Africa New Sweden 3 (2nd Floor) Friday, October 6, 2017 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm Moderator: Alexis Levitin Time Translator Writer Country Language Genre 2:00pm Rita Nezami Tahar Ben Jelloun Morocco French Fiction 2:10pm Jake Syersak Mohammed Khaïr-Eddine Morocco French Poetry 2:20pm Mbarek Sryfi Abderrahim Elkhassar Morocco Arabic Poetry 2:30pm Alexander Elinson Yassin Adnan Morocco Arabic Fiction 2:40pm Peter Thompson Abdelkébir Khatibi Morocco French Fiction 2:50pm Jeanne Garane Amadou Hampâté Bâ Mali French Non-Fiction
Bilingual Readings 6: France Norway 3 (3rd Floor) Friday, October 6, 2017 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm Moderator: Wendy Hardenberg Time Translator Writer Country Language Genre 2:00pm Samuel N. Rosenberg Paul Verlaine France French Poetry 2:15pm Wendy Hardenberg Aurélie Valognes France French Fiction 2:30pm Ellen Sprague Paul Fournel France French Fiction 2:45pm Joyce Zonana Tobie Nathan France French Fiction
Offsite Bilingual Readings: Café Latino Poet’s Corner, Kieran’s Irish Pub 85 6th Street North, Minneapolis, MN 55403 Friday, October 6, 2017 9:30 pm – 11:30 pm Moderator: Jill Gibian Time Translator Writer Country Language Genre 9:30pm Susan Ayres Elsa Cross Mexico Spanish Poetry 9:40pm Dan Bellm Pura López Colomé Mexico Spanish Poetry 9:50pm Rhonda Buchanan Alberto Ruy-Sánchez Mexico Spanish Poetry 10:00pm Nancy Jean Ross Rosario Castellanos Mexico Spanish Non-Fiction 10:10pm Philip Pardi Claudia Lars El Salvador Spanish Poetry 10:20pm Stacey Skar-Hawkins Francisco de Asís Fernández Nicaragua Spanish Poetry 10:30pm Lisa Rose Bradford Juan Gelman Argentina Spanish Poetry 10:40pm Amalia Gladhart Angélica Gorodischer Argentina Spanish Fiction Uruguay & 10:50pm Jill Gibian Various Poets Spanish Poetry Argentina 11:00pm Donald Wellman Roberto Echavarren Uruguay Spanish Poetry 11:10pm Jeannine Marie Pitas Marosa di Giorgio Uruguay Spanish Poetry
Bilingual Readings 7: Memoir Norway 3 (3rd Floor) Saturday, October 7, 2017 9:00am – 10:15 am Moderator: Olivia Sears Time Translator Writer Country Language Genre 9:00am Louise Rozier Paola Masino Italy Italian Fiction 9:10am Olivia Sears Eva Taylor Italy Italian Fiction 9:20am Bradley Schmidt Isabelle Lehn Germany Germany Fiction 9:30am Rachel Willson-Broyles Jonas Hassen Khemiri Sweden Swedish Fiction 9:40am Ying Kong Zhang Yawen China Chinese Non-Fiction
Bilingual Readings 8: Poetry New Sweden 3 (2nd Floor) Saturday, October 7, 2017 10:45am – 12:00 pm Moderator: Meena Desai Time Translator Writer Country Language Genre Chinese 10:45am Edwin Morin Cai Qijiao China Poetry (Mandarin) 10:55am Matthew Shelton Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh Ireland Irish Poetry 11:05am Sidney Wade Melih Cevdet Anday Turkey Turkish Poetry 11:15am Sally Ito Misuzu Kaneko Japan Japanese Poetry 11:25am Meena Desai Narasinh Mehta India Gujarati Poetry 11:35am Yael Hacohen Yael Hacohen Israel Hebrew Poetry
Bilingual Readings 9: Spain Norway 3 (3rd Floor) Saturday, October 7, 2017 10:45am – 12:00 pm Moderator: Alexis Levitin Time Translator Writer Country Language Genre 10:45am Carolyn Tipton Rafael Alberti Spain Spanish Poetry 10:55am Brendan Riley Luis Goytisolo Spain Spanish Fiction 11:05am Claudia Routon Antonio Agudelo Spain Spanish Poetry 11:15am Maria Cardona Aurora Luque Ortíz Spain Spanish Poetry 11:25am Lizzie Davis Pilar Fraile Amador Spain Spanish Poetry 11:35am Barbara Ichiishi Esther Tusquets Spain Spanish Fiction
Bilingual Readings 10: China Norway 3 (3rd Floor) Saturday, October 7, 2017 2:00pm – 3:15 pm Moderator: Dorothy Bonett Time Translator Writer Country Language Genre Chinese 2:00pm Dorothy Bonett Xu Zhimo China Poetry (Mandarin) 2:10pm Allan Barr Yu Hua China Chinese Fiction Chinese 2:20pm Bonnie Chau Anni Baobei China Fiction (Mandarin) 2:30pm Wangtaolue Guo Ge Liang China Chinese Fiction Chinese 2:40pm Christopher Lupke Xiao Kaiyu China Poetry (Mandarin) Bilingual Readings 11: Miscellany Norway 3 (3rd Floor) Saturday, October 7, 2017 3:45pm – 5:00 pm Moderator: Alexis Levitin Time Translator Writer Country Language Genre 3:45pm Nora Armani Siamanto Armenia Armenia Poetry 3:55pm Eva Hudecova Rudolf Sloboda Slovakia Slovak Fiction 4:05pm Philip Krummrich Teresa Moure Spain Portuguese Fiction 4:15pm David Spitzer Homer Archaic Greece Classical Greek Poetry 4:25pm Charles Waugh Nguyen Ngoc Tu Vietnam Vietnamese Fiction 4:35pm Hope Campbell Gustafson Ubah Cristina Ali Farah Italy Italian Fiction
Bilingual Readings 12: The Caribbean Norway 3 (3rd Floor) Sunday, October 8, 2017 11:00 am – 12:15 pm Moderator: Alexis Levitin Time Translator Writer Country Language Genre 11:00am Jeff Barnett Zurelys López Amaya Cuba Spanish Poetry 11:10am David Lisenby Gerardo Fulleda León Cuba Spanish Drama 11:20am Patricia Hartland Raphael Confiant Martinique French Non-Fiction 11:30am Annie Weaver Joseph Zobel Martinique French Fiction 11:40am Kathleen Bulger-Barnett Uva de Aragon Cuba Spanish Fiction
Bilingual Readings 13: Thrillers, Fantasy, and Science Fiction Norway 3 (3rd Floor) Sunday, October 8, 2017 2:00pm – 3:15 pm Moderator: Jennifer Feeley Time Translator Writer Country Language Genre 2:00pm Patrick Blaine Ramón Díaz Eterovic Chile Spanish Fiction 2:10pm Caragh Barry Ursula Fuentesberain Mexico Spanish Fiction 2:20pm Francisca Gonzalez-Arias Cristina Rivera Garza Mexico Spanish Fiction 2:30pm Louise Cole José Ovejero Spain Spanish Fiction Chinese 2:40pm Jennifer Feeley Xi Xi Hong Kong Fiction (Cantonese) 2:50pm Jonathan Hiller Salvatore Farina Italy Italian Fiction
Bilingual Readings 14: Romance Languages Norway 3 (3rd Floor) Sunday, October 8, 2017 3:45pm – 5:00 pm Moderator: Alexis Levitin Time Translator Writer Country Language Genre 3:45pm Adam Sorkin Floarea Tutuianu Romania Romanian Poetry 3:55pm Catherine Nelson Manuel Astur Spain Spanish Non-Fiction 4:05pm Ellen Watson Mia Couto Mozambique Portuguese Poetry 4:15pm Bruna Dantas Lobato Caio Fernando Abreu Brazil Portuguese Fiction 4:25pm Heath Wing Marcílio França Castro Brazil Portuguese Fiction 4:35pm Clyde Moneyhun Dolors Miquel Catalonia Catalan Poetry