PROGRAM
APRIL 18-24, 2022
This year Sant Jordi USA is going hybrid, with in-person events combined with online programming. We are thrilled and grateful to have the Jersey City Theater Center as our new host and partner.
Exhibitions on view (starting Thursday, April 21st)
April 21-22: 6:00-10:00 p.m. April 23: 4:00-6:00 p.m.
April 24: 2:00-6:00 p.m. April 25-28: 6:00-9:00 p.m.
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Close-Up/Primer Pla Immersive cinematic installation
by Laia Cabrera & Isabelle Duverger
Under the Light of the Sea Photographic exhibition/installation by Espe Pons
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There Is Still Someone in the Woods
Photographic exhibition/installation by Cultura i Conflicte
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The artists will discuss their works in person from April 21-23
(see schedule below)
APRIL 18
IN-PERSON/LIVE-STREAMED > WATCH AGAIN HERE
ROUND TABLES ON LITERATURE AND PUBLISHING
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7:00 p.m. Book of Barcelona: A new anthology of short stories from Comma Press’s city series
Stories from the next-gen of Catalan writers about the city of Barcelona as the cracks in the Olympic façade begin to show. With Nia Thomas, publisher, and Mara Faye Lethem, translator, in person; Carlota Gurt and Borja Bagunyà, authors, online. Moderator Mary Ann Newman.
ACCESS: 165 Newark Avenue, Jersey City, NJ-07302
PATH to Grove Street Station
8:00 p.m. New trends in women’s writing in Catalan
Women’s writing in Catalan is traversing a period of splendor. Women are both breaking literary molds and transforming the threads of earlier traditions. We are thrilled to have with us one outstanding author and one prodigious translator: Bel Olid will read from Laura McLoughlin’s new translation of her book, Wilder Winds, and Mara Faye Lethem will read from her translation of Irene Solà’s When I Sing, Mountains Dance followed by a moderated discussion of the current panorama. Moderator Mary Ann Newman.
APRIL 19
IN-PERSON/LIVE-STREAMED
ROUND TABLES ON LITERATURE AND PUBLISHING
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7:00 p.m. Publishers’ SuperPowers: Opposition, Resistance…
Publishers Nia Thomas (Comma Press) and Margot Atwell (Feminist Press) (in-person) will discuss the politics of publishing and the publishing of politics. How small presses push back against conventional mainstream narratives and still make a living. And segue into
…Translation. What is the role of translation in the establishment of an international vision? Is there a politics of translation? And, finally, how to maintain best practices internally, including treatment of authors and translators. Beaming in from Vermont and the UK, translators Allison Markin Powell (PEN America) and Frank Wynne (Booker International Prize), with a guest appearance by publisher Ra Page.
8:00 p.m. The American Way: When the Good Guys Are the Bad Guys
A conversation with Nia Thomas about Comma Press’s collection of short stories and essays about the long history of U.S. invasions and interventions on foreign soil. Publisher and editor Ra Page will give an overview of the book and talk with Chilean author Lina Meruane. Later Bret Maney will discuss
Kim Thuy’s piece on Vietnam.
Following the round table: Marguerite Feitlowitz, professor at Bennington College, will read from her translations of Chilean poet Ennio Moltedo.
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8:30 p.m. ​Author Faleeha Hassan and Publisher Gabriella Page-Fort discuss War and Me
An intimate memoir about coming of age in a tight-knit working-class family during Iraq’s seemingly endless series of wars. Author Faleeha Hassan became intimately acquainted with loss and fear while growing up in Najaf, Iraq. Now, in a deeply personal account of her life, she remembers those she has loved and lost.
APRIL 21
ONLINE > WATCH AGAIN HERE
Afternoon program: 1:00-5:30 p.m.
1:00pm
– The Diary of Sinali Karamoko: Au Maroc (A Visual Narrative)
with authors Todd Fredson and Sinali Karamoko
– Work-In-Progress Reading: Heuijung Hur's "Stained" with translator Paige Aniyah Morris
– The Color of the Sky Is the Shape of the Heart with translator Takami Nieda and publisher Allison Markin Powell
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2:00pm
– Reading by Mexican poet Martín Rangel with translator Lawrence Schimel
– What's in a Book Title? with author Bora Chung and translator Anton Hur
– About translating Tove Ditlevsen with translator Michael Favala Goldman
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3:00pm
– East European Writers on Environmental Catastrophe with moderator Sal Robinson and translators Alex Zucker and Sean Gasper Bye
4:00pm
– Avrom Sutzkever: Yiddish poet of resistance
– Discussion: Yiddish literature about the Spanish Civil War
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5:00pm
– "Solio": A Bilingual Reading with Poet Samira Negrouche (Algeria) & Translator Nancy Naomi Carlson
IN-PERSON
6:00 p.m. Opening of the Festival of the Arts
Close-Up/Primer Pla Immersive cinematic installation
Under the Light of the Sea Photographic exhibition
There Is Still Someone in the Woods Photographic exhibition
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IN-PERSON/LIVE-STREAMED > WATCH AGAIN HERE
ROUND TABLES ON ART & PERFORMANCES
7:00 p.m. Focus on Close-Up/Primer Pla
A viewing of the 23-minute cinematic experience of Close-Up/Primer Pla, with musical composition and soundscapes, followed by a discussion of the techniques employed, the use of Catalan landscape and architecture, and the creative philosophy of the artists, Laia Cabrera and Isabelle Duverger.
APRIL 22
ONLINE > WATCH LIVE HERE
Afternoon program: 1:00-5:30 p.m.
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1:30pm
FOCUS ON BRAZIL curated by Elton Uliana
– Etnopop: Black, trans, multimedia artist Bixarte PART I
– "The Man and La Mancha" by Caio Fernando Abreu - Bi-lingual Dramatic Reading
– Etnopop: Black, trans, multimedia artist Bixarte PART II
– Author Carla Bessa and translator Elton Uliana presenting "My Murillo" (LGBTQi+ novella) & short stories
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2:30pm
FOCUS ON BRAZIL curated by Elton Uliana
– Márcio Januário: "Love Songs of an Old Queen" short Documentary
– Translating Caio Fernando Abreu's Brazil with translator Bruna Dantas Lobato and writer Rick Moody
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3:30pm
– “Phenotypes,” a conversation with author Paulo Scott and translator Daniel Hahn
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4:00pm
– "Ursula" by Maria Firmina dos Reis with Ana Claudia Suriani da Silva and Cristina Pinto-Bailey LIVE
– Conversation with author Rebecca Ingram and Rosi Song about forthcoming book
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5:00pm
– “This Demanding Potato in Human Form”: Philip Roughton Discusses Translating Salka Valka with Larissa Kyzer
IN-PERSON
6:00 p.m. Festival of the Arts Exhibitions
Close-Up/Primer Pla Immersive cinematic installation
Under the Light of the Sea Photographic exhibition
There Is Still Someone in the Woods Photographic exhibition
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IN-PERSON/LIVE-STREAMED > WATCH LIVE HERE
ROUND TABLES ON ART & PERFORMANCES
7:00 p.m. Focus on Under the Light of the Sea
A presentation by Espe Pons of her exhibition and the photo-book that accompanies it. She will discuss the story behind her research into the life of her grandfather’s youngest brother, tortured and executed by Franco, and the photographic method through which she rendered it.
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8:00 p.m. Staged reading of portraits from Brigadistes: Lives for Liberty (Jordi Martí-Rueda, tr. M. A. Newman, Pluto Press, March 2022) Dramaturgy and staging by Maria Litvan
APRIL 23
IN-PERSON/LIVE-STREAMED > WATCH LIVE HERE
Kids Program organized by the Catalan Institute of America
11:00 a.m. TAI CHI class for the whole family, with Master Irving Yee. No previous experience required. We recommend wearing comfortable clothes.
12:00 p.m. TAO AUDIOVISUAL with Luca Tuana and Èlia Llenas
12:15 p.m. TAO IN MOTION with Èlia Llenas, dance
1:00 p.m. CREATIVE TAO Collage workshop about the book TAO with Marta Guitart. The works will be shared with students from various schools in Catalonia.
2:00 p.m. WATER'S SOUL Walk to discover Jaume Plensa's sculpture "Water's Soul" (Newport, Jersey City)
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ONLINE > WATCH LIVE HERE
Afternoon program: 1:00-5:00 p.m.
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1:00 p.m.
– Writing and Translating our Moving Planet: A World Book Day Celebration LIVE
with authors Ousman Umar, Emmelie Prophète, Sigrídur Hagalín Björnsdóttir and translators Jeremy Tiang, Frank Wynne, moderated by Gabriella Page-Fort
– Basque author Kirmen Uribe discusses “Izurdeen aurreko bizitza - The Past Life of Dolphins” with Elizabeth Macklin
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2:00 p.m.
– Author Maryse Meijer and translator Julia Sanches discuss Eva Baltasar's Boulder
– Wild Horses by Jordi Cussá with translator Tiago Miller and Matthew Tree
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3:00 p.m.
– The intersection of class and gender: talking about A Film (3000 meters) and Forty Lost Years with translators Peter Bush & Mara Faye Lethem LIVE
– Domestic Politics with translators María Cristina Hall and Megan Berkobien
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4:00 p.m.
– Girona. Menjars de Fires: a conversation between author Salvador Garcia-Arbós, Jordi Falgàs and Rosi Song
– On "Read the World: Picture Books and Translation" with Regina Galasso
IN-PERSON
4:00 p.m. Festival of the Arts Exhibitions
Close-Up/Primer Pla Immersive cinematic installation
Under the Light of the Sea Photographic exhibition
There Is Still Someone in the Woods Photographic exhibition
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6:00 p.m. Screening of There Is Still Someone in the Woods
A viewing of the documentary There Is Still Someone in the Woods, including interviews with the survivors of war and rape
IN-PERSON/LIVE-STREAMED > WATCH LIVE HERE
ROUND TABLES ON ART & PERFORMANCES
7:00 p.m. Focus on There Is Still Someone in the Woods
A discussion of the methodology of the Associació Cultura i Conflicte for converting journalistic research into theatrical and visual art.
8:00 p.m.
Things They Said (Coses que s'han dit) dance performance by David Rodríguez and Luke Prunty, the duo behind the festival Girona en Moviment, who will perform three pieces: Peace, Peace, Peace!, about Pau Casal’s music and devotion to peace; Two Old Fishermen, based on the Catalan musical form of the Havaneres, traditionally sung by fishermen on the Costa Brava; and Dying of Hunger, a comical piece based on a song by the Catalan satirical musicians of La Trinca.
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