When: Saturday, May 3
Where: Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House of NYU: 58 West 10th St.
What time: 8 p.m.

With Josep M. Fonalleras, Mercè Ibarz, Colum McCann, and Francesc Serés; moderated by Mary Ann Newman

Free and open to the public. No reservations.

Presented by Institut Ramon Llull

This event will celebrate the launch of Dalkey Archive Press' New Catalan Short Fiction, an issue of over 15 short stories written by a broad range of contemporary Catalan writers. Mercè Ibarz, Josep M. Fonalleras, and Francesc Serés will read brief excerpts from their works in Catalan followed by actors’ readings of the English translations. Moderated by Mary Ann Newman, director of the Catalan Center at New York University’s Center for European and Mediterranean Studies.

From the PEN Blogs

• George Wallace
In his apt introductory comments for the presentation “DISCOVER NEW CATALAN FICTION,” author Collum McCann likened the Catalans’ to his own Ireland. [More]