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Sarah Riggs in Translating Together: Paris - Marrakech - New York
October 27, 2011, 4:00 pm
at Library Pillow Room, Sarah Lawrence College

Translating Together: Paris - Marrakech - New YorkLibrary Pillow Room, Sarah Lawrence College Sarah Riggs is a poet, translator and visual artist born in New York. She has lived in Paris since 2001 where she is an integral member of the bilingual poetry collective Double Change, an online magazine devoted to literary translation, and the director of Tamaas, a non-profit arts organization. In 2009, she began teaching for New York University in Paris. She is the author of Waterwork (Chax Press 2007), 60 Textos (Ugly Duckling Presse 2010), and Autobiography of Envelopes (forthcoming Burning Deck Press). Omar Berrada is a writer, translator and cultural curator. He grew up in Cassablanca and now lives in Paris. Between 2004 and 2007, he was a producer for French National Radio and hosted La Nuit la poésie and Lumières d'août at France Culture. He also hosted talk and conferences at the Centre Pompidou between 2006 and 2009 and curated the 2008 Salon du Livre in Tangier. He currently directs the library and translation center Dar al-Mamûn in Marrakesh.