Russell Scott Valentino Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Russell Scott Valentino

@YMonastyrskyi Neal Ascherson has some interesting segments in his book Black Sea about these “Pontic Greeks”

Russell Scott Valentino

@mountain_goats But if looking, have a look at Fulvio Tomizza’s Materada (my translation), Vassilis Alexakis’s Foreign Words (such a good book, tr. by Alyson Waters), and Christian Bobin’s gem lyric essays in either A Little Party Dress or (maybe better) I Never Dared Hope (tr. Alison Anderson).

Russell Scott Valentino

@AEAkinwumi Second Georgi Gospodinov's Time Shelter, third Magris's Danube; also Sasa Stanisic's Where You Come From, and, one I translated, Miljenko Jergovic's Kin.

Russell Scott Valentino

@tachtco Diana Thow and Sarah Stickney’s translation of Elisa Biagini’s poetry collection Close to the Teeth is slated for publication in May. Is that too late? Let me know if one of your students might like to get a PDF advance review copy. Thanks!

Russell Scott Valentino

@AEAkinwumi Second Georgi Gospodinov's Time Shelter, third Magris's Danube; also Sasa Stanisic's Where You Come From, and, one I translated, Miljenko Jergovic's Kin.

Russell Scott Valentino

@AEAkinwumi Second Georgi Gospodinov's Time Shelter, third Magris's Danube; also Sasa Stanisic's Where You Come From, and, one I translated, Miljenko Jergovic's Kin.

Russell Scott Valentino

@mountain_goats But if looking, have a look at Fulvio Tomizza’s Materada (my translation), Vassilis Alexakis’s Foreign Words (such a good book, tr. by Alyson Waters), and Christian Bobin’s gem lyric essays in either A Little Party Dress or (maybe better) I Never Dared Hope (tr. Alison Anderson).

Russell Scott Valentino

@mountain_goats But if looking, have a look at Fulvio Tomizza’s Materada (my translation), Vassilis Alexakis’s Foreign Words (such a good book, tr. by Alyson Waters), and Christian Bobin’s gem lyric essays in either A Little Party Dress or (maybe better) I Never Dared Hope (tr. Alison Anderson).