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SUMMARY:Dor: A Mode in Translation
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a conversation about dor\, a Romanian word that some find untranslatable\, and the complex relationships it acquires in exilic relations. What does dor carry as baggage? How does dor change when looking back towards a homeland in an Ovidian gaze? Is there an intentionality in exilic dor that shapes the various Romanian diaspora groups? Why and how do we re-cognize ourselves in longing? How is nostalgia politicized\, and how do translators deal with the larger context of so-called untranslatable concepts?  Our discussion will draw from Alina Ștefănescu's book "DOR" (order HERE https://www.alinastefanescuwriter.com/dor)  establishing a dialogue between the author and the personal experiences\, reflections and writings of our special guests Adriana Oniță\, Cristiana Grigore and Andrew Davidson-Novosivschei. Read more details about our guests in their bios below.    Register for the event HERE. Watch the recording of this event HERE.  A Few Things on the Word Dor\, from The Dictionary of Unstranslatables\, A Philosophical Lexicon (edited by Barbara Cassin (translated into English by Emily Apter\, Jaques Lezra & Michael Wood)   Event organized by ARCS in partnership with Immigration Research Forum\, Arizona American-Romanian Cultural Collaborative (ARCC)\, Romanians of DC and Bucharest Inside the Beltway\, with the support of the Romanian Cultural Institute. GuestsAlina ȘtefănescuAlina Ștefănescu was born in Romania and lives in Birmingham\, Alabama with her partner and several intense mammals. Recent books include a creative nonfiction chapbook\, Ribald (Bull City Press Inch Series\, Nov. 2020) and Dor\, which won the Wandering Aengus Press Prize (September\, 2021). Her debut fiction collection\, Every Mask I Tried On\, won the Brighthorse Books Prize (April 2018). Alina's poems\, essays\, and fiction can be found in Prairie Schooner\, North American Review\, World Literature Today\, Pleiades\, Poetry\, BOMB\, Crab Creek Review\, and others. She serves as poetry editor for several journals\, reviewer and critic for others\, and Co-Director of PEN America's Birmingham Chapter. She is currently working on a novel-like creature. More online at www.alinastefanescuwriter.com. Person not found Cristiana GrigoreCristiana Grigore is a writer\, research scholar and the founder of the Roma Peoples Project at Columbia University\, an initiative that spotlights Roma peoples and expands Roma studies by examining topics such as identity and stigma\, mobility and displacement. Herself a Roma—a member of Europe's largest minority with approximately one million Roma living in the US— she has firsthand experience with internalized stigma and concealing one's ethnicity.\n\nUpon arriving in the United States in 2006\, Cristiana found a more conducive environment in which to express her Roma identity. She is writing a book that explores how her immersion in American culture enabled her to grapple more fully with her Roma/Gypsy ethnicity. Her writing was published by the New York Times and she writes periodic op-eds for Newsweek and other media channels. Her work has been featured by Vogue\, CNN\, Al Jazeera America\, PRI\, and Voice of America\, among other outlets.\n\nA Fulbright Scholar from Romania\, Cristiana graduated from Vanderbilt University with an MA in International Education Policy and Management in December 2012. She earned her BA in Psychology from the University of Bucharest in 2007. Most recently she is part of an advisory group for the National Gallery of Art on a topic related to Roma in the Arts.\n\n  Andrew Davidson-NovosivscheiAndrew Davidson-Novosivschei (b. 1987) is a teacher\, poet\, and translator from Arizona\, currently based in Bucharest. His Romanian-language poems have appeared in Poesis International\, Tribuna\, Poetic Stand\, and others. His English-language poems have most recently appeared in Apricity Press\, and his poem “the taste of freedom” was nominated for the 2021 Pushcart Prize. He has been invited to read his poems at festivals such as Poezia e la Bistrița\, 2021\, Bucharest International Poetry Festival (FIPB)\, Iași International Festival of Literature and Translation (FILIT)\, and reading groups such as Republica and the Blecher Institute. His translations have appeared in Asymptote Journal\, Trafika Europe\, and others\, and have been awarded grants from the Romanian Cultural Institute and FILIT. Otilia Baraboi\, Ph.D.Before coming to Seattle in 2000 from Romania\, Otilia worked as a literary journalist and published short-fiction\, translations and articles. She holds university degrees in French and English literatures from Romania\, Switzerland\, and the US. She has a Ph.D. on the politics of translation from the University of Washington\, where she taught French language and literature for 17 years\, and where she is currently co-teaching a course on Romanian literature and film. In 2013\, she co-founded ARCS and was President of the Board for five years before becoming ARCS’ first Executive Director. For Otilia\, ARCS has been a wonderful opportunity to remain connected with the vibrant culture of her birthplace\, while contributing to the artistic and cultural vitality of the Pacific Northwest. As part of her work\, Otilia has been managing the Romanian Film Festival in Seattle and ARCS community-based school for Romanian heritage students\, as well as more than 300 cultural and educational events over the past 9 years. Her priorities are to create sustainable\, community-building programs and partnerships\, as well as develop ARCS' brand identity in accordance with its mission and values. Most of all\, Otilia hopes that her work will have a direct\, long-lasting impact on the ways in which future generations will define\, celebrate and pass on their heritage. Otilia is also the President of the Ethnic Heritage Council of the Pacific Northwest and a board member of Romanian United Fund.
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SUMMARY:Dream in a Suitcase: The Story of an Immigrant Life by Domnica Rădulescu
DESCRIPTION:What is in the suitcase of a refugee escaping from a politically oppressive regime? Drawing on Domnica Rădulescu's recent memoir Dream in a Suitcase: The Story of an Immigrant Life\, this event is an invitation to explore the multifaceted fabric of dreams and cherished memories immigrants bring to the US. Join us for a dialogue between the author\, and her special guests who share similar stories of exile\, uprootedness and resilience.  Register for the event HERE. About the book:Dream in a Suitcase unravels a fast-paced journey of survival\, resilience\, and the power of love. The story offers a rich multicultural mosaic of a life divided not only between two cultures and languages\, that of the heroine's native Romania and her adoptive US but also between Chicago's urban culture and that of a small town in Virginia marked by a heavy confederate history. This book is deeply relevant for our times as it offers an opportunity for American-born audiences to develop a deeper understanding for all those who arrived in this country as refugees in search of freedom\, peace\, and different versions of the American Dream. Buy the book HERE. Endorsements: "An extraordinary memoir of fortitude and freedom\, a narrative that is vibrant and lyrical. Rădulescu takes us from Romania's dark dictatorial past to the world of literature and beauty\, back to the landscapes of her beloved native country\, then to her new home in America\, and always to the geography of the earth. This is an extraordinary read and a covenant to the power of truth and words."  Marjorie Agosin\, award-winning author of I Lived on Butterfly Hill. "Domnica Radulescu is a courageous writer. Dream in a Suitcase\, like her other novels\, is a breathless read." Andrei Codrescu\, NPR commentator\, award-winning poet\, and filmmaker. Find out more about Domnica Rădulescu's work:http://www.domnicaradulescu.com Event organized by ARCS in partnership with Immigration Research Forum\, Arizona American-Romanian Cultural Collaborative (ARCC)\, Bucharest Inside the Beltway\, Romanians of DC\, Romanian United Fund\, and ARCHER\, with the support of the Romanian Cultural Institute in NY/USA GuestsDomnica RădulescuDomnica Rădulescu is an American writer of Romanian origin\, living in the United States where she arrived in 1983 as a political refugee\, having escaped the communist dictatorship of her native Romania. She settled in Chicago where she obtained a master’s degree in Comparative literature and a PhD in Romance Languages from the University of Chicago. She is the Edwin A. Morris Professor of Comparative Literature at Washington and Lee University.\n\nRadulescu is the author of three critically acclaimed novels\, Train to Trieste (Knopf 2008 &2009)\, Black Sea Twilight (Transworld 2011 & 2012) and Country of Red Azaleas (Hachette 2016) and of award-winning plays. Train to Trieste has been published in thirteen languages and is the winner of the 2009 Library of Virginia Fiction Award.\n\nRadulescu received the 2011 Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia and is twice a Fulbright scholar.\n\nRadulescu also published fourteen non-fiction books\, edited and co-edited collections on topics ranging from the tragic heroine in western literature to feminist comedy\, to studies of exile literature to theater of war and exile\, refugee art\, and two collections of original plays. Two of her plays\, Exile Is My Home and The Town with Very Nice People were runners up for the Jane Chambers Playwriting award in 2012 and 2013. Dream in a Suitcase. The Story of an immigrant Life  is her first memoir and it has been released from  Austin Macauley Publishers in December 2021.\n\n  Roxana CazanBefore teaching at the University of Oklahoma\, Roxana L. Cazan taught literature\, creative writing\, and women's studies courses at Saint Francis University in Pennsylvania. She is an interpreter and translator of Romanian and a poet. Her poems have been featured in Poets Reading the News\, The Windsor Review\, Cold Creek Review\, Construction Literary Magazine\, Glass Lyre Press\, Adanna Literary Journal\, Watershed Review\, The Portland Review\, Harpur Palate and others. Her full-length poetry books are The Accident of Birth (Main Street Rag 2017) and Tethered to the Unexpected (Alien Buddha Press 2022).\n\nRoxana’s scholarly work focuses on ethnic and postcolonial literature and women’s studies and has appeared in Neophilologus\, Women’s Studies Quarterly\, Comparative Literature Studies\, Studies in American Jewish Literature\, American Journal of Undergraduate Research\, and Demeter Press. A chapter is forthcoming in Remembering Kahina: Women\, Representation and Resistance in Post-Independence North Africa\, Routledge.\n\nShe is the co-editor of the anthology\, Voices on the Move: An Anthology by and about Refugees\, Solis Press\, 2020. Alina ȘtefănescuAlina Ștefănescu was born in Romania and lives in Birmingham\, Alabama with her partner and several intense mammals. Recent books include a creative nonfiction chapbook\, Ribald (Bull City Press Inch Series\, Nov. 2020) and Dor\, which won the Wandering Aengus Press Prize (September\, 2021). Her debut fiction collection\, Every Mask I Tried On\, won the Brighthorse Books Prize (April 2018). Alina's poems\, essays\, and fiction can be found in Prairie Schooner\, North American Review\, World Literature Today\, Pleiades\, Poetry\, BOMB\, Crab Creek Review\, and others. She serves as poetry editor for several journals\, reviewer and critic for others\, and Co-Director of PEN America's Birmingham Chapter. She is currently working on a novel-like creature. More online at www.alinastefanescuwriter.com. Otilia Baraboi\, Ph.D.Before coming to Seattle in 2000 from Romania\, Otilia worked as a literary journalist and published short-fiction\, translations and articles. She holds university degrees in French and English literatures from Romania\, Switzerland\, and the US. She has a Ph.D. on the politics of translation from the University of Washington\, where she taught French language and literature for 17 years\, and where she is currently co-teaching a course on Romanian literature and film. In 2013\, she co-founded ARCS and was President of the Board for five years before becoming ARCS’ first Executive Director. For Otilia\, ARCS has been a wonderful opportunity to remain connected with the vibrant culture of her birthplace\, while contributing to the artistic and cultural vitality of the Pacific Northwest. As part of her work\, Otilia has been managing the Romanian Film Festival in Seattle and ARCS community-based school for Romanian heritage students\, as well as more than 300 cultural and educational events over the past 9 years. Her priorities are to create sustainable\, community-building programs and partnerships\, as well as develop ARCS' brand identity in accordance with its mission and values. Most of all\, Otilia hopes that her work will have a direct\, long-lasting impact on the ways in which future generations will define\, celebrate and pass on their heritage. Otilia is also the President of the Ethnic Heritage Council of the Pacific Northwest and a board member of Romanian United Fund.
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SUMMARY:Francophone Writers of Romanian Origin: Annie Lulu's Debut Novel
DESCRIPTION:Did you know that Romanian is the 5th most widely spoken Romance language in the world\, after Spanish\, Portuguese\, French and Italian? Also\, there are strong historic links between Romania and France\, dating back to the 18th century\, and in 1991 Romania joined the International Organization of La Francophonie.  In March we are thrilled to celebrate the month of Francophonie and the French-speaking world with Romanian Congolese writer Annie Lulu\, and her special guest\, Romanian American writer and scholar Domnica Rădulescu.  Join us on March 5th at 10am PT| 1pm ET.Register here. You can buy the novel here. Event organized in partnership with Alliance Française de Seattle. Find out more about how the Alliance Française of Seattle celebrates the Month of Francophonie throughout March.  GuestsAnnie LuluAnnie Lulu was born in Iasi\, Romania. Her father is Congolese and her mother Romanian. She arrived in France at a young age\, then studied philosophy. She devotes herself fully to writing. "La mer Noire dans les Grands Lacs" (The Black Sea in the African Great Lakes)\, her first novel\, received the Senghor Prize\, the Littérature de l'Exil Prize\, and was a finalist for many prestigious literary prizes in the Francophone world (Prix Orange du Livre\, Grand Prix du Roman Métis\, Prix Ahmadou Kourouma\, Prix des Étonnants Voyageurs. Domnica RădulescuDomnica Rădulescu is an American writer of Romanian origin\, living in the United States where she arrived in 1983 as a political refugee\, having escaped the communist dictatorship of her native Romania. She settled in Chicago where she obtained a master’s degree in Comparative literature and a PhD in Romance Languages from the University of Chicago. She is the Edwin A. Morris Professor of Comparative Literature at Washington and Lee University.\n\nRadulescu is the author of three critically acclaimed novels\, Train to Trieste (Knopf 2008 &2009)\, Black Sea Twilight (Transworld 2011 & 2012) and Country of Red Azaleas (Hachette 2016) and of award-winning plays. Train to Trieste has been published in thirteen languages and is the winner of the 2009 Library of Virginia Fiction Award.\n\nRadulescu received the 2011 Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia and is twice a Fulbright scholar.\n\nRadulescu also published fourteen non-fiction books\, edited and co-edited collections on topics ranging from the tragic heroine in western literature to feminist comedy\, to studies of exile literature to theater of war and exile\, refugee art\, and two collections of original plays. Two of her plays\, Exile Is My Home and The Town with Very Nice People were runners up for the Jane Chambers Playwriting award in 2012 and 2013. Dream in a Suitcase. The Story of an immigrant Life  is her first memoir and it has been released from  Austin Macauley Publishers in December 2021.\n\n 
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SUMMARY:Writing on the Walls at Night\, A Journey from Romania to the US
DESCRIPTION:Join us for poetry reading and discussion with poet Claudia Serea about her latest book “Writing on the Walls at Night”Guest speakers: Clara Burghelea and Adina Dabija Moderator: Otilia Baraboi Register HERE In this new collection of prose poems\, Claudia Serea uses surrealism\, irony\, and black humor to express her experiences\, from growing up behind the Iron Curtain to immigrating to New York City. The first section of the book\, “There Were No Magic Beans\,” recalls her childhood in Romania under Nicolae Ceaușescu’s rule\, a world in which terror mixes with fairy tales\, nightmares\, and dreams. The second section\, “The Keepers of Moon Keys\,” introduces a cast of peculiar characters\, including folk tale protagonists\, witches\, ghosts\, a collector of clouds\, a bone music maker\, a man who paints the time\, and the Lord of Meanwhile. In “Dark Calligraphy\,” the poet conjures history\, remembering war and oppression through the eyes of a child. The reader is guided by a little girl and a museum custodian through the great traumas of recent history. In the last section of the book\, “The Russian Hat\,” Serea transports the reader into a metropolis as strange as the past she carries with her\, to the “museum of our lives\,” where “we are the curators\, the visitors\, and the paintings that paint themselves.” This astonishing place vaguely resembles New York City distorted by memories and dreams\, but it might as well be Las Vegas where “what happens in the poem stays in the poem.” In this collection\, Serea’s readers win “pound after pound of shiny poems\,” the magical beans they will use to escape again and again\, discovering hidden meanings with surprise and delight in each new reading. Event organized by ARCS in partnership with Arizona American-Romanian Cultural Collaborative (ARCC)\, Immigration Research Forum\, Bucharest Inside the Beltway\, and Romanians of DC\, with the support of the Romanian Cultural Institute in NY/USA GuestsClaudia SereaClaudia Serea’s poems and translations have been published in Field\, New Letters\, Prairie Schooner\, The Malahat Review\, The Puritan\, Oxford Poetry\, Asymptote\, and elsewhere. She is the author of six poetry collections and four chapbooks\, most recently Writing on the Walls at Night (Unsolicited Press\, 2022). Serea’s poem My Father’s Quiet Friends in Prison\, 1958-1962 received the New Letters Readers Award\, and she was featured in the documentary Poetry of Witness (2015). Serea’s poems have been translated in French\, Italian\, Russian\, Arabic\, and Farsi\, and have been featured in The Writer’s Almanac\, as well as in several international festivals and anthologies. Her collection of selected poems translated into Arabic\, Tonight I’ll Become a Lake into which You’ll Sink\, was published in Cairo\, Egypt\, in 2021. Serea is a founding editor of National Translation Month\, and she co-hosts The Red Wheelbarrow Poetry Readings in Rutherford\, NJ. Clara BurgheleaClara Burghelea is a Romanian-born poet with an MFA in Poetry from Adelphi University. Recipient of the Robert Muroff Poetry Award\, her poems and translations appeared in Ambit\, Waxwing\, The Cortland Review\, and elsewhere. Her second poetry collection\, Praise the Unburied\, was published with Chaffinch Press in 2021. She is Poetry Co-Editor of the museum of americana and Review Editor of Ezra\, An Online Journal of Translation. Adina DabijaAdina Dabija is a writer and philosopher born in Aiud\, Romania. She now lives in New York\, where she practices acupuncture and hypnosis. Her first book\, poezia-papusa\, was awarded the Bucharest Writers’ Association Guild Prize in 1998. She published Stare nediferentiata in 2010 for which she was awarded Tomis prize in Constanta\, Romania. In 2011 she published Beautybeast (North Shore Press)\, her first collection of poetry translated into English by Claudia Serea\, and in 2012 her first novel\, Saman (Ed. Polirom). Adina is currently working on four books: Songs from My Garden\, a poetry collection\, Nine Seeds for Life\, a practical self-help book which combines narrative medicine from her native Romania with gardening and bio cognition for anyone suffering with post-traumatic stress disorder\, Rumi’s Field\, a novel on the mystical relationship between Rumi\, the 12th century Sufi poet\, and his spiritual companion Shams al Tabriz\, and Wise and Wild in America\, a book of interviews with exponents of the traditional American values such as self-reliance\, individual freedom and equality of opportunity to inspire the young generations. Some of her recent writings and interviews can be found at www.sol.center
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LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:Tethered to the Unexpected
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a poetry reading and discussion with poet Roxana Cazan about her latest book "Tethered to the Unexpected".Guest speakers: Clara Burghelea and Domnica RădulescuModerator: Otilia Baraboi Register HERE. Tethered to the Unexpected is a lyrical treat despite its grim truth. Roxana Cazan offers a loving\, lasting tribute to familial bonds though "some days the windows / don't withstand the rain." [...] Beyond a body in decline\, Roxana's unassuming voice explores her grandmother's life\, tethered to her own\, attempting to close the "distance / between home and crib."– Ken Hada\, author of Contour Feathers Read more about Roxana Cazan's book on her website.Buy the book HERE. Event organized by ARCS in partnership with Arizona American-Romanian Cultural Collaborative (ARCC)\, Immigration Research Forum\, Bucharest Inside the Beltway\, Romanian United Fund\, and Romanians of DC\, with the support of the Romanian Cultural Institute in NY/USA GuestsRoxana CazanBefore teaching at the University of Oklahoma\, Roxana L. Cazan taught literature\, creative writing\, and women's studies courses at Saint Francis University in Pennsylvania. She is an interpreter and translator of Romanian and a poet. Her poems have been featured in Poets Reading the News\, The Windsor Review\, Cold Creek Review\, Construction Literary Magazine\, Glass Lyre Press\, Adanna Literary Journal\, Watershed Review\, The Portland Review\, Harpur Palate and others. Her full-length poetry books are The Accident of Birth (Main Street Rag 2017) and Tethered to the Unexpected (Alien Buddha Press 2022).\n\nRoxana’s scholarly work focuses on ethnic and postcolonial literature and women’s studies and has appeared in Neophilologus\, Women’s Studies Quarterly\, Comparative Literature Studies\, Studies in American Jewish Literature\, American Journal of Undergraduate Research\, and Demeter Press. A chapter is forthcoming in Remembering Kahina: Women\, Representation and Resistance in Post-Independence North Africa\, Routledge.\n\nShe is the co-editor of the anthology\, Voices on the Move: An Anthology by and about Refugees\, Solis Press\, 2020. Clara BurgheleaClara Burghelea is a Romanian-born poet with an MFA in Poetry from Adelphi University. Recipient of the Robert Muroff Poetry Award\, her poems and translations appeared in Ambit\, Waxwing\, The Cortland Review\, and elsewhere. Her second poetry collection\, Praise the Unburied\, was published with Chaffinch Press in 2021. She is Poetry Co-Editor of the museum of americana and Review Editor of Ezra\, An Online Journal of Translation. Domnica RădulescuDomnica Rădulescu is an American writer of Romanian origin\, living in the United States where she arrived in 1983 as a political refugee\, having escaped the communist dictatorship of her native Romania. She settled in Chicago where she obtained a master’s degree in Comparative literature and a PhD in Romance Languages from the University of Chicago. She is the Edwin A. Morris Professor of Comparative Literature at Washington and Lee University.\n\nRadulescu is the author of three critically acclaimed novels\, Train to Trieste (Knopf 2008 &2009)\, Black Sea Twilight (Transworld 2011 & 2012) and Country of Red Azaleas (Hachette 2016) and of award-winning plays. Train to Trieste has been published in thirteen languages and is the winner of the 2009 Library of Virginia Fiction Award.\n\nRadulescu received the 2011 Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia and is twice a Fulbright scholar.\n\nRadulescu also published fourteen non-fiction books\, edited and co-edited collections on topics ranging from the tragic heroine in western literature to feminist comedy\, to studies of exile literature to theater of war and exile\, refugee art\, and two collections of original plays. Two of her plays\, Exile Is My Home and The Town with Very Nice People were runners up for the Jane Chambers Playwriting award in 2012 and 2013. Dream in a Suitcase. The Story of an immigrant Life  is her first memoir and it has been released from  Austin Macauley Publishers in December 2021.\n\n 
URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/tethered-to-the-unexpected/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Literature
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SUMMARY:Mail-Order Family
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a discussion with author Irina VanPatten about her latest book "Mail-Order Family".Moderator: Ileana Marin Register HERE. Mail-Order Family\, a proud 2nd Place Award Winner at The Spring 2022 BookFest (Book Festival) in the Humor/Non-Fiction/True Stories/Memoir Category is an unlikely love story that doesn’t follow the usual rules\, and even defies geography. It’s a story about difficult times but also one of triumph and hope\, even when people are literally two worlds apart! Read more about Irina VanPatten's book on her website.Buy the book Here. Event organized by ARCS in partnership with Arizona American-Romanian Cultural Collaborative (ARCC)\, Immigration Research Forum\, Bucharest Inside the Beltway\, Romanian United Fund\, and Romanians of DC\, with the support of the Romanian Cultural Institute in NY/USA GuestsIrina VanPattenIrina VanPatten is an American Pacific Northwest writer born in a small Eastern European country called Moldova. Her writing style marries the best of these two worlds. She draws from the rich roots of her culture but bakes her own American literary cake with a blended sense of humor: sharp yet warm; edgy yet tender. She brings her perspective of past life experiences from behind the Iron Curtain\, creating a unique blend of East versus West points of view in her writing.\n\nHer most recent book is Mail-Order Family - a Silver Award winner at the Spring 2022 BookFest book festival in a very tough category True Story/Memoir which had a lot of competition this year. Mail-Order Family is a humorous\, charming and relatable tribute to Irina’s family’s resilience and a heartfelt love story about two misfits literally two worlds apart.\n\nShe also writes on immigration subjects. She is the author of the book Welcome to America\, Welcome Home\, which is based on multiple interviews with American immigrants of different backgrounds and cultures. Experts\, lawyers\, professors\, activists\, refugees\, and asylum seekers share their personal stories and reveal the hardships of those who try to assimilate and succeed in America.\n\nHer other passion is writing for the English-Romanian language magazine Hora in America\, which focuses on stories from Romanian and Moldovan communities but lately included also the Ukrainian community\, reporting on personal stories of the Ukrainians dealing with the war at home.\n\nShe volunteers as a translator for the Northwest Immigration Rights Project\, collaborating with the division that takes on cases under the Violence Against Women Act and signed up with World Relief to host refugee families from Afghanistan and now is ready to host Ukrainian refugees too.\n\nIrina VanPatten’s website: https://irinavanpatten.com/\n\nMail-Order Family can be purchased from the author directly from the author’s website at:\n\nhttps://irinavanpatten.com/mail-order-family\n\nOr on Amazon at:\n\nhttps://www.amazon.com/Mail-Order-Family-Irina-VanPatten/dp/1598493108/ref=sr_1_1?   Ileana Marin\, Ph.D.Ileana Marin teaches interdisciplinary courses at the University of Washington in Seattle and at the Center of Excellence in Image Studies at the University of Bucharest. Her long-standing academic career on both sides of the ocean has given her the opportunity to establish contacts between Romanian and American scholars\, artists\, and institutions. She\, thus\, initiated the first UW Exploration Seminar to Romania\, and to Eastern Europe\, and opened the fund for Romanian Studies\, hoping that Romanian language will be taught regularly in Seattle. With a BA in Romanian and a PhD. in Comparative Literature from the University of Bucharest (2000)\, and one in Textual Studies from the UW (2011)\, Ileana is a strong believer in the power of education and bilingualism. In ARCS\, she advocates the expansion of the Romanian language programs in the US and for disseminating the most recent Romanian cultural achievements. On her agenda as president\, Ileana Marin has two major tasks: board development and recruitment to ensure the successful implementation of ARCS mission through meaningful programs.
URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/mail-order-family/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Literature
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SUMMARY:In-between WOR/L/DS
DESCRIPTION:Join us on March 12 at 2pm for an intimate reading with authors Alina Ștefănescu\, Alta Ifland and Otilia Baraboi. Author Alta Ifland will be reading from her novel Speaking to No. 4\, Alina Ștefănescu will share fragments from her work in progress on Carmen Bugan's memoir\, Burying the Typewriter\, and Otilia Baraboi will read from her manuscript titled An Updated Theory on Untranslatability. We look forward for a special afternoon that brings these three American Romanian writers together: Alina Ștefănescu from Birmingham\, Alabama\, Alta Ifland from San Francisco\, California and Otilia Baraboi from Seattle\, Washington. Read more about the authors below. Please RSVP here.March 12 @2pm MLK Fame Community Center3201 E Republican St\, Ste 104Seattle\, WA 98112 GuestsAlina ȘtefănescuAlina Ștefănescu was born in Romania and lives in Birmingham\, Alabama with her partner and several intense mammals. Recent books include a creative nonfiction chapbook\, Ribald (Bull City Press Inch Series\, Nov. 2020) and Dor\, which won the Wandering Aengus Press Prize (September\, 2021). Her debut fiction collection\, Every Mask I Tried On\, won the Brighthorse Books Prize (April 2018). Alina's poems\, essays\, and fiction can be found in Prairie Schooner\, North American Review\, World Literature Today\, Pleiades\, Poetry\, BOMB\, Crab Creek Review\, and others. She serves as poetry editor for several journals\, reviewer and critic for others\, and Co-Director of PEN America's Birmingham Chapter. She is currently working on a novel-like creature. More online at www.alinastefanescuwriter.com. Person not found Otilia Baraboi\, Ph.D.Before coming to Seattle in 2000 from Romania\, Otilia worked as a literary journalist and published short-fiction\, translations and articles. She holds university degrees in French and English literatures from Romania\, Switzerland\, and the US. She has a Ph.D. on the politics of translation from the University of Washington\, where she taught French language and literature for 17 years\, and where she is currently co-teaching a course on Romanian literature and film. In 2013\, she co-founded ARCS and was President of the Board for five years before becoming ARCS’ first Executive Director. For Otilia\, ARCS has been a wonderful opportunity to remain connected with the vibrant culture of her birthplace\, while contributing to the artistic and cultural vitality of the Pacific Northwest. As part of her work\, Otilia has been managing the Romanian Film Festival in Seattle and ARCS community-based school for Romanian heritage students\, as well as more than 300 cultural and educational events over the past 9 years. Her priorities are to create sustainable\, community-building programs and partnerships\, as well as develop ARCS' brand identity in accordance with its mission and values. Most of all\, Otilia hopes that her work will have a direct\, long-lasting impact on the ways in which future generations will define\, celebrate and pass on their heritage. Otilia is also the President of the Ethnic Heritage Council of the Pacific Northwest and a board member of Romanian United Fund.
URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/1640/
LOCATION:ARCS Center at MLK Fame Community Center\, 3201 E Republican St\, Ste 104\, Seattle\, WA\, 98112\, United States
CATEGORIES:Literature
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SUMMARY:Mircea Cărtărescu in conversation with Ileana Marin
DESCRIPTION:Mircea Cărtărescu\, one of Romania’s most well-known contemporary authors\, is embarking on a US book tour for Solenoid. He will be making a stop at the Seattle Public Library on April 5 at 7pm! \n“[S]omething of a masterpiece . . . Solenoid synthesizes and subtly mocks elements of autofiction and history fiction by way of science fiction… The mesmerizing beauty of creation\, of reality giving way to itself: that\, above all\, lies behind the doors of Solenoid.” —Federico Perelmuter\, Astra Magazine \nThis event is made possible by Cărtărescu’s American publisher Deep Vellum\, the Romanian Cultural Institute\, and the American Romanian Cultural Society. \nUniversity of Washington scholar Ileana Marin\, co-founder and President of the American Romanian Cultural Society\, will join in conversation. \nVenue: Seattle Public Library (Central Branch)\, Microsoft Auditorium\, 1000 Fourth Ave.\, Seattle\, WA 98104\nTime: 7pm\nThis event is free and open to the public. Registration is required in advance. \nRSVP\nThis event will include a public signing and time for audience Q&A. Sustain our author series by purchasing a copy of the featured book\, or request a hold at your local library.\nPlease note: Solenoid is currently out of stock. A reprint from the publisher is expected soon and copies of Solenoid will be made available at the event. \nAbout Solenoid. . .\nNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2022 by the New Yorker\, Publishers Weekly\, The Financial Times\, Words Without Borders \nA highly-acclaimed master work of fiction from Cărtărescu\, author of Blinding: an existence (and eventually a cosmos) created by forking paths. \nBased on Cărtărescu’s own role as a high school teacher\, Solenoid begins with the mundane details of a diarist’s life and quickly spirals into a philosophical account of life\, history\, philosophy\, and mathematics. One character asks another: when you rush into the burning building\, will you save the newborn or the artwork? On a broad scale\, the novel’s investigations of other universes\, dimensions\, and timelines reconcile the realms of life and art. \nThe novel is grounded in the reality of late 1970s/early 1980s Communist Romania\, including long lines for groceries\, the absurdities of the education system\, and the misery of family life. The text includes sequences in a tuberculosis sanatorium\, an encounter with an anti-death protest movement\, a society of dream investigators\, and an extended visit to the miniscule world of dust mites living on a microscope slide. \nCombining fiction with autobiography and history— the scientists Nicolae Tesla and George Boole\, for example\, appear alongside the Voynich manuscript—Solenoid ruminates on the exchanges possible between the alternate dimensions of life and art\, as various\, monstrous dimensions erupt within the Communist present. \n Mircea Cărtărescu is a writer\, professor\, and journalist who has published more than twenty-five books. His work has received the Formentor Prize (2018)\, the Thomas Mann Prize (2018)\, the Austrian State Prize for Literature (2015)\, and the Vilenica Prize (2011)\, among many others. His work has been translated into twenty-three languages. His novel Blinding was published by Archipelago in Sean Cotter’s English translation. His novel Solenoid\, translated by Cotter and published by Deep Vellum\, was named one of the best books of 2022 by the New Yorker\, Publishers Weekly\, The Financial Times\, and Words Without Borders. \n\n Ileana Marin teaches interdisciplinary courses at the University of Washington\, Seattle\, and at the Center of Excellence in Image Studies of the University of Bucharest\, where she chairs the “Space\, Image\, Text\, Territory” Doctoral School. She has published books on tragic myths\, Pre-Raphaelite artists\, and on Victorian aesthetics of erasure in fiction and illustration. Several of her conference papers on the de-humanizing power of art\, the artistic legacy of communism\, and the materiality of texts have been selected for publication in prestigious journals and collective volumes. Increasingly interested in multimediality\, she has focused on artists’ books\, E-Literature\, and digital arts. Since 2020\, she has taken on translating Romanian female writers. She is co-founder\, and currently the President of the Seattle non-profit American Romanian Cultural Society.
URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/mircea-cartarescu-in-conversation-with-ileana-marin/
LOCATION:Seattle Public Library\, 1000 4th Ave\, Seattle\, 98104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Literature
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SUMMARY:Book Signing with Roxana Arama
DESCRIPTION:Meet Seattle author Roxana Arama at a book signing for her debut novel\, Extreme Vetting. \nAbout the book: An immigration lawyer fights to keep her client from being deported to the country where his family was murdered many years ago. \nThen she finds out the killers are coming here—for both of them. \n“Extreme Vetting was unlike any thriller I have ever read; Arama kept me on my toes the entire novel\, eager to know what the future holds for Emilio and his family. I appreciated how knowledgeable Arama was about the immigration process and her sensitivity to the struggles and major obstacles these peoples face. Truly a timely book\, this novel can be an eye-opener to the violence and aggression so many immigrants are fleeing from.” \n— Theresa Kadair\, Seattle Book Review \n“Arama’s taut narrative brims with tension and indelible characters. ( . . . ) A remarkable cast sparks this incisive\, riveting tale of intolerance.” \n \n— Kirkus Reviews \nPlease RSVP here. \nThe book will be available for purchase at the event\, but you \ncan also order a copy here. \nMay 4 @6pm \nMLK Fame Community Center \n3201 E Republican St\, Ste 104 \nSeattle\, WA 98112 \n\nRoxana Arama \nRoxana Arama is a Romanian American author with a master of fine arts in creative writing from Goddard College. She studied computer science in Bucharest\, Romania\, and moved to the United States to work in software development. Her short stories and essays have been published in many literary magazines. Extreme Vetting: A Thriller is her first novel. She lives in Seattle\, Washington\, with her family. More at roxanaarama.com.
URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/book-signing-with-roxana-arama/
LOCATION:ARCS Center at MLK Fame Community Center\, 3201 E Republican St\, Ste 104\, Seattle\, WA\, 98112\, United States
CATEGORIES:Literature
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SUMMARY:Eastern Europe in Translation
DESCRIPTION:Join us October 15th for a book signing and discussion with Romanian-American translator and poet Monica Cure.She will present her most recent translation of "Too Great a Sky" a novel by Liliana Corobca\, as well as the anthology "Cigarettes Until Tomorrow"\, with her poetry translation of Adela Greceanu.A limited number of books will be available for sale.📌October 15 at 6pm Good Shepherd Center4649 Sunnyside Ave N\, Room 221Seattle\, WA 98103 RSVP Here    \n        Too Great a Sky\, written by Liliana Corobca\, translated by Monica Cure\, and published by Seven Stories Press\, recounts the deportation of Romanians from Bucovina by the Soviets during World War II. It is an exercise in historical memory which demonstrates how to maintain humanity in impossible conditions. The story centers on Ana Baljinschi as she recounts her life to her great grand-daughter. Ana was eleven when the Soviet soldiers sent... \n        Too Great a Sky\, written by Liliana Corobca\, translated by Monica Cure\, and published by Seven Stories Press\, recounts the deportation of Romanians from Bucovina by the Soviets during World War II. It is an exercise in historical memory which demonstrates how to maintain humanity in impossible conditions. The story centers on Ana Baljinschi as she recounts her life to her great grand-daughter. Ana was eleven when the Soviet soldiers sent her and her mother from Bucovina\, Romania\, to Kazakhstan. She recounts surviving the three week long journey via train. The trip is a harsh\, humiliating one\, but in spite of the closeness of death\, life persists in the boxcar in the form of story-telling\, riddles\, ritual\, and even humor. This survival continues in the harsh steppe of Kazakhstan through faith\, love\, and generosity\, and returns to her what she lost at the end of the novel. Her story\, told with unflinching candor\, is a chronicle of a life lived during a time of great political and national change\, a story of an existence defined and curtailed by lines drawn on a map. \n        Read More\n    \n	 \n    \n        Too Great a Sky\, scris de Liliana Corobca\, tradus de Monica Cure și publicat de Seven Stories Press\, povestește deportarea românilor din Bucovina de către sovietici în timpul celui de-al Doilea Război Mondial. Este un exercițiu de memorie istorică care arată cum se poate păstra umanitatea în condiții imposibile. Povestea o are în centru pe Ana Baljinschi\, care își povestește viața strănepoatei sale. Ana avea unsprezece ani când soldații sovietici... \n        Too Great a Sky\, scris de Liliana Corobca\, tradus de Monica Cure și publicat de Seven Stories Press\, povestește deportarea românilor din Bucovina de către sovietici în timpul celui de-al Doilea Război Mondial. Este un exercițiu de memorie istorică care arată cum se poate păstra umanitatea în condiții imposibile. Povestea o are în centru pe Ana Baljinschi\, care își povestește viața strănepoatei sale. Ana avea unsprezece ani când soldații sovietici au trimis-o pe ea și pe mama ei din Bucovina\, România\, în Kazahstan. Ea povestește cum a supraviețuit călătoriei de trei săptămâni cu trenul. Drumul a fost dur și umilitor\, dar\, în ciuda apropierii morții\, viața persistă în vagonul de marfă sub forma poveștilor\, ghicitorilor\, ritualurilor și chiar a umorului. Această supraviețuire continuă în stepa aspră a Kazahstanului prin credință\, iubire și generozitate\, aducând-o la sfârșitul romanului înapoi la ceea ce a pierdut. Povestea ei\, spusă cu o sinceritate necruțătoare\, este o cronică a unei vieți trăite într-o perioadă de mari schimbări politice și naționale\, o poveste despre o existență definită și limitată de liniile trasate pe hartă. \n        Read More\n    \n	 \n      \n        The anthology of Romanian poetry Cigarettes Until Tomorrow was published by Two Line Press as part of their biannual Calico Series\, which offers the voices of previously inaccessible\, highly innovative writers from around the world today. The anthology features translations of poetry by eight contemporary Romanian poets\, each by a different translator. With black humor and in cutting\, contemporary language\, the poets assemble a series of profound moments from their... \n        The anthology of Romanian poetry Cigarettes Until Tomorrow was published by Two Line Press as part of their biannual Calico Series\, which offers the voices of previously inaccessible\, highly innovative writers from around the world today. The anthology features translations of poetry by eight contemporary Romanian poets\, each by a different translator. With black humor and in cutting\, contemporary language\, the poets assemble a series of profound moments from their daily lives and explore themes of language\, technology\, and memory. Adela Greceanu’s poems\, translated by Monica Cure\, come from the collection Words Are Also a Province. The lyrical poems have a prose-like quality and are spoken or viewed through the subjectivity of Adila\, the poet’s alter-ego\, focusing on the marginalized\, in life as well as language. \n        Read More\n    \n	 \n \n    \n        Antologia de poezie română Cigarettes Until Tomorrow a fost publicată de Two Lines Press ca parte a seriei lor bienale Calico Series\, care prezintă vocile unor autori extrem de inovatori\, anterior inaccesibili\, din întreaga lume. Antologia include traduceri ale poeziei a opt poeți contemporani români\, fiecare realizată de un translator diferit. Cu umor negru și un limbaj tăios\, contemporan\, poeții alcătuiesc o serie de momente profunde din viața lor cotidiană... \n        Antologia de poezie română Cigarettes Until Tomorrow a fost publicată de Two Lines Press ca parte a seriei lor bienale Calico Series\, care prezintă vocile unor autori extrem de inovatori\, anterior inaccesibili\, din întreaga lume. Antologia include traduceri ale poeziei a opt poeți contemporani români\, fiecare realizată de un translator diferit. Cu umor negru și un limbaj tăios\, contemporan\, poeții alcătuiesc o serie de momente profunde din viața lor cotidiană și explorează teme precum limbajul\, tehnologia și memoria. Poeziile Adelei Greceanu\, traduse de Monica Cure\, fac parte din volumul Și cuvintele sînt o provincie. Poeziile lirice au o calitate aproape prozastică și sunt exprimate sau privite prin prisma subiectivității Adelei\, alter-ego-ul poetei\, concentrându-se asupra celor marginalizați\, atât în viață\, cât și în limbaj. \n        Read More\n    \n	     \n        Monica Cure is a Romanian-American poet\, translator\, and dialogue specialist. She is a two-time Fulbright grantee and has a doctorate in comparative literature from the University of Southern California. Her poems have appeared internationally in journals such as Poetry Northwest\, Poet Lore\, and Graywolf Lab. Her poetry translations likewise have been published internationally in Kenyon Review\, Modern Poetry in Translation\, Asymptote\, and elsewhere. She won the 2023 Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize... \n        Monica Cure is a Romanian-American poet\, translator\, and dialogue specialist. She is a two-time Fulbright grantee and has a doctorate in comparative literature from the University of Southern California. Her poems have appeared internationally in journals such as Poetry Northwest\, Poet Lore\, and Graywolf Lab. Her poetry translations likewise have been published internationally in Kenyon Review\, Modern Poetry in Translation\, Asymptote\, and elsewhere. She won the 2023 Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize for her translation of Liliana Corobca’s novel The Censor’s Notebook (Seven Stories Press). Her most recent translations are the novel Too Great a Sky by Liliana Corobca (Seven Stories Press\, shortlisted for the 2025 EBRD Literature Prize) and translations of poems by Adela Greceanu in the anthology of Romanian poetry Cigarettes Until Tomorrow (Two Lines Press). She has been based in Bucharest for the last six years. \n        Read More\n    \n	 \n    \n        Monica Cure este o poetă şi traducătoare româno-americană\, specialistă în dialog colectiv. Şi-a făcut doctoratul în literatură comparată la University of Southern California\, în Los Angeles\, şi i s-a acordat în două rânduri bursa Fulbright. Poeziile ei au fost publicate în reviste precum „Poetry Northwest”\, „Poet Lore” şi „Graywolf Lab” iar traducerile ei în engleză din poeți români au apărut in reviste precum „Kenyon Review”\, „Modern Poetry in Translation”\, şi „Asymptote”.... \n        Monica Cure este o poetă şi traducătoare româno-americană\, specialistă în dialog colectiv. Şi-a făcut doctoratul în literatură comparată la University of Southern California\, în Los Angeles\, şi i s-a acordat în două rânduri bursa Fulbright. Poeziile ei au fost publicate în reviste precum „Poetry Northwest”\, „Poet Lore” şi „Graywolf Lab” iar traducerile ei în engleză din poeți români au apărut in reviste precum „Kenyon Review”\, „Modern Poetry in Translation”\, şi „Asymptote”. A câștigat Premiul de Traducere Oxford-Weidenfeld 2023 pentru traducerea romanului The Censor’s Notebook de Liliana Corobca (Seven Stories Press). Cele mai recente traduceri ale ei includ romanul Too Great a Sky de Liliana Corobca (Seven Stories Press\, selectat pe lista scurtă a Premiului de Literatură EBRD 2025) și traduceri de poezii de Adela Greceanu în antologia de poezie română Cigarettes Until Tomorrow (Two Lines Press). E stabilită de şase ani în Bucureşti. \n        Read More\n    \n	 
URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/eastern-europe-in-translation/
LOCATION:Good Shepherd Center\, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N\, Seattle\, WA\, 98103
CATEGORIES:Literature
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SUMMARY:Exploring Our Parents' Childhood
DESCRIPTION:ARCS is thrilled to partner with the National Museum of Romanian Literature in Iași for a new series of virtual events. This first event will be part virtual tour\, part book discussion of the anthology Lucruri mărunte. Copilăria în comunism (Small things. The childhood during communism) This 2023 FILIT editorial project brought together 22 Romanian authors to share a story about one of the objects on display at the Museum of the Childhood during Communism. We invite children in the Romanian diaspora who are interested in learning more about what a typical childhood looked like in communist Romania. If you're interested in reading some of the text\, please let us know. However\, it is Not a requirement for attending the event! *The virtual tour will be mostly in Romanian\, while the discussion will be bilingual. Romanian proficiency is not required! We will accommodate any questions in English during the discussion portion. All are welcome! Please register below and join us for a thoughtful conversation about the recent past and the joy of reading. Participants will receive a zoom link the day before the event.
URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/exploring-our-parents-childhood/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Heritage,Literature
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SUMMARY:The Meteorite by Cristina Hermeziu
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the latest installment in our literary series exploring short stories from the anthology Lucruri mărunte. Copilăria în comunism (Small things. The childhood during communism).  \nWe look forward to a virtual discussion with  author Cristina Hermeziu about her short story "The Meteorite". A link to the text (in Romanian) will be provided after registering below for the event. Please \nWe invite children in the Romanian diaspora who are interested in learning more about what a typical childhood looked like in communist Romania. Proficiency in Romanian is not required\, however the discussion is likely to be bilingual. We will accommodate questions in English as needed. All are welcome! \nThis 2023 FILIT editorial project was compiled by the National Museum of Romanian Literature in Iași and it brought together 22 Romanian authors to share a story about one of the objects on display at the Museum of the Childhood during Communism. \nPlease register below and join us for a thoughtful conversation about the recent past and the joy of reading.Participants will receive a zoom link after registration\, \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n    \n        Cristina Hermeziu is a writer and journalist. She was born in Iași in 1971 and has lived in France since 2005. She has published the novel Nickel (Cartier\, 2024); the poetry collections Parisul nu crede în lacrimi (Paris Doesn’t Believe in Tears\, Junimea\, 2016)\, which received the First Book Award at the Tudor Arghezi International Festival; Între timp îți vezi de viața ta (In the Meantime\, You Go On with... \n        Cristina Hermeziu is a writer and journalist. She was born in Iași in 1971 and has lived in France since 2005. She has published the novel Nickel (Cartier\, 2024); the poetry collections Parisul nu crede în lacrimi (Paris Doesn’t Believe in Tears\, Junimea\, 2016)\, which received the First Book Award at the Tudor Arghezi International Festival; Între timp îți vezi de viața ta (In the Meantime\, You Go On with Your Life\, Junimea\, 2020); and Elegii postHumane (PostHuman Elegies\, Junimea\, 2024)\, a bilingual Romanian–Spanish edition. She is also the author of the nonfiction/publicistic volume Vedere din Turnul Eiffel (View from the Eiffel Tower\, 2017). Her short fiction appears in the anthologies Cartea copilăriilor (The Book of Childhoods\, Polirom\, 2016)\, Lucruri mărunte (Small Things\, Editura Muzeelor Literare Iași\, 2023)\, and Garderoba (The Wardrobe\, Paralela 45\, 2024). She also coordinated the collective volume Viața pe Facebook. Dau like\, deci exist (Life on Facebook: I Like\, Therefore I Am\, Polirom\, 2020). In 2018\, she created Zoom France Roumanie\, an online cultural magazine that promotes Romanian literature translated into French. She is a founding member of the Cosmose cultural association in Paris and writes literary reviews for ActuaLitté and Revue des Deux Mondes. Since 2025\, she has been editor-in-chief of the new series of the magazine Scriptor. \n        Read More\n    \n	 \n    \n        CRISTINA HERMEZIU este scriitoare și jurnalistă. S-a născut la Iași\, în 1971. Din 2005 s-a stabilit în Franța. A publicat: Nickel\, roman (Cartier\, 2024)\, volumele de versuri Parisul nu crede în lacrimi (Junimea\, 2016\, Premiul Opera Prima\, Festivalul internațional Tudor Arghezi)\, Între timp îți vezi de viața ta (Junimea\, 2020)\, Elegii postHumane (Junimea\, 2024\, ediție bilingvă româno-spaniolă) și volumul de publicistică Vedere din Turnul Eiffel (2017). Este prezentă cu proză... \n        CRISTINA HERMEZIU este scriitoare și jurnalistă. S-a născut la Iași\, în 1971. Din 2005 s-a stabilit în Franța. A publicat: Nickel\, roman (Cartier\, 2024)\, volumele de versuri Parisul nu crede în lacrimi (Junimea\, 2016\, Premiul Opera Prima\, Festivalul internațional Tudor Arghezi)\, Între timp îți vezi de viața ta (Junimea\, 2020)\, Elegii postHumane (Junimea\, 2024\, ediție bilingvă româno-spaniolă) și volumul de publicistică Vedere din Turnul Eiffel (2017). Este prezentă cu proză scurtă în antologiile Cartea copilăriilor (Polirom\, 2016)\, Lucruri mărunte (Editura Muzeelor Literare Iași\, 2023) și Garderoba (Paralela 45\, 2024). A coordonat volumul colectiv Viața pe Facebook. Dau like\, deci exist (Polirom\, 2020). În 2018 a creat Zoom France Roumanie\, revistă culturală online\, unde promovează literatura română tradusă în franceză. Este membru fondator al asociației culturale Cosmose din Paris. Scrie cronici literare în ActuaLitté și Revue des Deux Mondes. Din 2025\, este redactor-șef al revistei Scriptor\, serie nouă.   \n        Read More\n    \n	 \nExplore Cristina Hermeziu's work: Nickel\, Life on Facebook\, and Scriptor.
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LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Heritage,Literature
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SUMMARY:Night of Ideas 2026
DESCRIPTION: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nARCS is a proud partner of this year's Night of Ideas\, organized by the Alliance Française of Seattle and Villa Albertine. \nNight of Ideas is an annual event dedicated to exploring pressing topics through culture and dialogue. This year’s global edition marks the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence\, inviting us to revisit the Enlightenment ideals that shaped both French and American democracy. \nAcross keynotes\, panels\, community conversations\, and hands-on workshops\, the event will examine the legacy of “progress” amid today’s challenges—from democratic backsliding and the climate crisis to algorithmic systems and cultural erosion. It will also explore how art\, philosophy\, literature\, music\, and community work can inspire new forms of optimism and agency. \nSaturday\, April 18: Town Hall Seattle – Keynotes + panelsSunday\, April 19: Gage Academy of Art – Hands-on workshops\, round table\, and collaborative paint-by-numbers mural \nDetails and RSVP:  https://www.afseattle.org/nightofideas \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/night-of-ideas-2026/
LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle and Gage Academy of Art
CATEGORIES:Literature,Stage
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SUMMARY:I Must Betray You
DESCRIPTION:We starting back our book club!Join us and together we'll discover a diverse selection of books and connect over themes that inspire reflection. Our first pick is the award-winning book "I Must Betray You" by Ruta Sepetys. Please RSVP below. About the book: Romania\, 1989. Communist regimes are crumbling across Europe. Seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu dreams of becoming a writer\, but Romanians aren’t free to dream; they are bound by rules and force. Amidst the tyrannical dictatorship of Nicolae Ceaușescu in a country governed by isolation and fear\, Cristian is blackmailed by the secret police to become an informer. He’s left with only two choices: either betray everyone and everything he loves\, or use his position to creatively undermine the most notoriously evil dictator in Eastern Europe.Cristian risks everything to unmask the truth behind the regime\, give voice to fellow Romanians\, and expose to the world what is happening in his country. He eagerly joins the revolution to fight for change when the time arrives. But what is the cost of freedom? "I Must Betray You" is available for purchase at most large book stores. April 30 at 6pmGood Shepherd Center4649 Sunnyside Ave NRoom 221Seattle\, WA 98103
URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/i-must-betray-you/
LOCATION:Good Shepherd Center\, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N\, Seattle\, WA\, 98103
CATEGORIES:Literature
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SUMMARY:Ferenike by Doina Ruști
DESCRIPTION: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nBooks from Homeland\nOur next read for the book club is Ferenike by acclaimed novelist Doina Ruști\, who will join our virtual discussion! \nSigned copies of the Ferenike (in Romanian) are available for purchase. Scroll down to get yours! \nAbout the bookFerenike is a confessional\, autobiographical novel built on the idea that no choice is entirely subjective. There exists a demon of grand History — a force that\, for Eastern Europe\, has always been a subtle architect of both individual and collective decisions. In the essential reality\, every choice is orchestrated. \nHaving as a starting point a childhood event\, the novel gradually outlines experiences related to our present. Every insignificant deed has consequences\, generates other events and a new perspective of the past. This premise leads to a gripping and powerful story about the discreet role that any individual has in the metamorphoses of great history. \nAn autobiographical novel\, Ferenike is also an experiment researching confession\, from its mystical to histrionic or manipulative areas\, with the stated intention of reminding the world that\, beyond intention\, there’s always the force of the storyteller. \nPlease RSVP below to receive the zoom link. \nDoina RuștiDoina Ruști is „a writer of the first rank in today’s literature"\, in the words of Nicolae Breban \, and „a writer of great talent and intuition”\, as Norman Manea has described her\, distinguished by a powerful and vibrant style. Her novels and short stories have received major awards\, been translated into several languages\, and are studied in schools\, enjoying wide critical recognition. Her work is marked by the blending of the fantastic with stark social realism. Her landmark novel is The Ghost in the Mill (2008)\, a powerful fiction about Romanian communism\, included in the post-communist neo-Gothic both in J. A. Weinstock’s Routledge encyclopediaand in Studies in Gothic Fiction (Zittaw Press). Thematically complementary\, Ferenike (Humanitas\, 2025) is her most personal novel\, a political and autobiographical fiction about memory\, guilt\, and feminine resistance. Equally acclaimed is Lizoanca at Eleven (2009)\, a novel about child prostitution\, whose style was compared by Western critics to Camus’s The Plague (Il Libero)\, and which has been included in several European academic programs\, among them the Doctoral School of the University of Barcelona. The Phanariot Trilogy—The Phanariot Manuscript\, The Book of Perilous Dishes (Mâța Vinerii)\, and Homeric—has enjoyed wide popularity. These novels explore the 18th-century Balkan imagination in an original\, fabulatory mode that reinterprets history. Mircea Muthu devoted a chapter to her work in his volume Romanian Literary Balkanism. Among these\, The Book of Perilous Dishes is the most widely translated\, published in English in London (2022)\, recommended by EUFestival and featured by the Historical Novel Society.  Her distinctions include the Writers’ Union Prize (Bucharest Association\, 2007)\, the Romanian Writers’ Union Prize for Prose (2008)\, the Ion Creangă Prize of the Romanian Academy (2009)\, and the Hungarian Writers’ Prize (Budapest\, 2018) for Best Translated Book. Website: www.doinarusti.ro\n\n \n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n📌 June 6 at 10amvirtual discussion with author Doina Ruști \nPlease RSVP below to receive zoom link. \nAbout the author
URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/ferenike-by-doina-rusti/
CATEGORIES:Literature
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