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Virtual Book Launch: A Grave is Given Supper by Mike Soto

Join Deep Vellum for a virtual multimedia celebration of Mike Soto’s debut poetry collection, A Grave is Given Supper. This event will take place on Facebook Live at facebook.com/deepvellum. Mike Soto will be performing with musician Zach Galindo, followed by a conversation with Janet M. Hendrickson. A Narco-Acid Western told in a series of interlinked poems, Soto’s striking debut collection follows the converging paths of two protagonists through El Sumidero, a fictional US/Mexico border town where an ongoing drug war is raging. The surreal verse of Soto’s poems portrays a bleak political climate as it coincides with the rituals of love & loss, culture & spirituality, & the quest for a better life at all costs. Following the narrative arc of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s classic cult film, El Topo, A Grave is Given Supper builds a world saturated with a mystical aura that describes the finite tensions & complicated desires of lives taking place in the borderland. Purchase A Grave is Given Supper here. Mike Soto is a first generation Mexican American, raised in East Dallas and in a small town in Michoacán. He is the author of the chapbooks Beyond the Shadow’s Ink, and most recently Dallas Spleen (Deep Vellum). He received his MFA from Sarah Lawrence College, & was awarded the James Merrill Poetry Fellowship by Vermont Studio Center in 2019. A Grave Is Given Supper is his debut collection of poetry. Janet Hendrickson’s experimental translation of a 1611 dictionary, Treasure of the Castilian or Spanish Language by Sebastián de Covarrubias (New Directions), was longlisted for the 2020 PEN Award for Poetry in Translation. She is also the translator of The Future Is Not Ours (ed. Diego Trelles Paz, Open Letter), an anthology of recent Latin American fiction. She holds an MFA in Nonfiction Writing from the University of Iowa and a PhD in Romance Studies from Cornell. Currently she is a Postdoctoral Fellow of Spanish at the University of Dallas.

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Virtual Launch Celebration: Jean-Luc Persecuted

Join Deep Vellum for a virtual celebration of Jean-Luc Persecuted by C.F. Ramuz. Event will feature translator Olivia Baes in conversation with Emma Ramadan, translator and owner of Riffraff Bookstore in Providence, RI. A never-before-translated novel that exemplifies the style of iconic Swiss writer C.F. Ramuz, Jean-Luc Persecuted follows the explosive downfall of a man in the wake of societal pressure. deepvellum.org/product/jean-luc-persecuted/

Today is the publication date for our second ever La Reunion title, The River Always Wins: Water As A Metaphor for Hope and Progress! David Marquis is an artist, performer, and lifelong activist who has worked on the ground to turn the tides on many civic issues in Texas, nationally, and beyond. He is the founder of the Oak Cliff Nature Preserve and a consultant for the Texas Conservation alliance. Listen below as he reads from the first chapter of this brand-new essay on hope, progress, and resistance. The River Always Wins is available today in paperback and hardcover from your local bookstore, online, or on our website: https://deepvellum.org/product/the-river-always-wins-water-as-a-metaphor-for-hope-and-progress/ Video by Wayfarist Media

Happy Women in Translation Month! We’re starting off with a reading of Enriqueta Lunez’ poetry, featured in Like A New Sun: New Indigenous Mexican Poetry. Thank you to Sean Beiersdorfer for collaborating with us to read these beautiful translations. http://deepvellum.org/product/like-a-new-sun/

Printing, Bookmaking, and Protest: Presented by Deep Vellum, RISO BAR, & SMU Pollock Gallery

Hi folks! Just a reminder that tomorrow night is the Deep Vellum Benefit Night over at Kitchen Dog Theater. Get your tickets to Queen of Basel and support two local indies: Kitchen Dog and Deep Vellum! December 6 only. More information about Queen of Basel here: https://www.kitchendogtheater.org/queen-of-basel

Subscribers, get ready!✨THE ANARCHIST WHO SHARED MY NAME is on its way to you! Not a subscriber but want to be? Or are you looking for the perfect gift for the book lover in your life? Subscriptions are the ultimate holiday gift that keeps on giving! Visit deepvellum.org/subscribe today! 🎁📚✨

Ófeigur Sigurðsson talking about the origins of his novel ÖRÆFI: THE WASTELAND. #literarydallas

Are y’all ready for this?? ÓFEIGUR SIGURÐSSON will be here in just two weeks to launch his best-selling epic novel of Vikings, glaciers, murderers, shipwrecks, sheep, and death metal, ÖRÆFI: THE WASTELAND, translated by Lytton Smith. We’re so excited! He'll make stops in New York, Geneseo, Washington DC, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Houston, Dallas, and Austin! See the full schedule: www.deepvellum.org/events - #authortour #deathmetal #iceland #icelandnaturally #readtheworld #literarydallas

A message from Will Evans, Founder of Deep Vellum

A North Texas Giving Day message on how important your contribution is in helping Deep Vellum continue and grow our mission to bring you together in conversation with the world through literature. Visit https://www.northtexasgivingday.org/deepvellum to give your gift now!

Here are some of the new translations your contribution will support in 2019: • Zahia Rahmani "MUSLIM": A NOVEL (France/Algeria) • Kim Yideum BLOOD SISTERS (South Korea) • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe THE GOLDEN GOBLET: SELECTED POEMS (Germany) • Jessica Schiefauer GIRLS LOST (Sweden) • Dorota Maslowska HONEY, I KILLED THE CATS (Poland) www.northtexasgivingday.org/deepvellum - #northtexasgivingday #getupandgive #literarydallas #readtheworld #literaryarts #worldliterature #nonprofit #nonprofitorganization

Eduardo Rabasa (author of A ZERO SUM GAME) on politics in his writing. - #hayfestival #bogotá39 #literarydallas #readtheworld #latinxwriters #mexico #politics #paneldiscussion

We have so much good news to share! Ófeigur Sigurðsson’s award-winning ÖRÆFI: THE WASTELAND arrived in Lytton Smith’s stunning translation AND in case you haven’t heard, Ófeigur himself will be touring the states in October! He’ll be making stops in New York, Washington DC, California, and Texas!! Want to know more? Check out our website for the full schedule! And while you’re there, order your very own copy of the book Jón Gnarr calls “epic literature.” - Ófeigur’s tour is sponsored by the Miðstöð íslenskra bókmennta - Icelandic Literature Center, with support from Iceland Naturally!

Leila S. Chudori’s epic saga, HOME, translated by John H McGlynn, was one of the first novels to illuminate Indonesia’s tragic twentieth-century history under the Suharto regime (as explored in the Oscar-nominated documentary The Act of Killing) from the perspectives of victims. - You only have a few more days to get this and all of our books by women for 25% off! Order today at the link in our profile! Happy #witmonth! - #womenintranslation #readwomen #amreading #readtheworld #readmore #literarydallas #book #bookstagram #indonesian #theactofkilling

NEW BOOK ALERT! ✨📚 THE IMAGINED LAND is Argentine writer and Oulipian Eduardo Berti’s beautiful Emecé and Las Américas Prize-winning novel, translated artfully by Charlie Coombe! Told through the eyes of a young girl in pre-revolutionary China, this is an exquisitely drawn tale of the joys and sorrows of growing up, the bonds that connect us, and the remarkable power of love in all its forms. - Cover design by Anna Zylicz Order your copy now! http://deepvellum.org/product/imagined-land/

If you haven’t been introduced to the beautifully meditative, haunting work of Danish author Josefine Klougart, there’s no time like the present! We’re offering her book, and all of our books by women, at 25% off all month! Happy #witmonth!!! www.deepvellum.org/shop - #readwomen #womenintranslation #womenintranslationmonth #mustread #amreading #bookstagram #literarydallas #readmore #readtheworld

Happy #witmonth! We’re kicking things off by highlighting the amazing Emma Ramadan, who has translated 4 books for Deep Vellum (including the Albertine Prize-winning NOT ONE DAY by Anne Garréta and the forthcoming REVENGE OF THE TRANSLATOR by Brice Matthieussent), co-owns Riffraff bookstore and bar (a badass bookstore in Providence, RI), wrote a fascinating 2-part translator’s diary for The Quarterly Conversation, and is currently working on translating the inimitable Marguerite Duras for our friends at Dorothy, a publishing project! Visit our website to order all 4 of her books for 25% off ALL MONTH! - www.deepvellum.org/shop

George Henson talking about Valeria Luiselli’s introduction to Sergio Pitol and how influential she was in getting Pitol’s work finally translated into English. - #literarydallas #bookclub #sergiopitol #mexicanliterature #readmore #bookevent #bookstagram #readtheworld #trilogyofmemory