Posting from the road, sorry about the format, but this duo is not to be missed! I heard HM read in London years ago, and it was brilliant. He and Chaix are both writer/translators who translate each others’ work. Oh, and Mathews was the first official English-language member of Oulipo!
Tuesday, April 2nd
La Maison Française, NYU
7pm ° 16 Washington Mews ° Map
Marie Chaix and Harry Mathews in conversation with Professor Emauelle Ertel
Thursday, April 4th
The New School
6:30pm ° 66 West 12th St ° Room 504 ° Map
Marie Chaix and Harry Mathews in conversation with Honor Moore
Friday, April 5th
192 Books
7pm ° 192 10th Ave ° Map
Marie Chaix and Harry Mathews read from and sign their books
Tuesday, April 9th
Unnameable Books
8pm ° 600 Vanderbilt Ave ° Map
Marie Chaix and Harry Mathews read from and sign their books
Marie Chaix was born in Lyons and raised in Paris. She is the author of 9 books, including The Laurels of Lake Constance and Silences, Or a Woman’s Life, both recently published by Dalkey Archive Press in English translation by Harry Mathews. A third title, The Summer of the Elder Tree, is forthcoming from Dalkey this summer.
Harry Mathews was the first American to join the Oulipo, and is the author of more than a dozen books, many of them published byDalkey Archive Press. These include My Life in CIA, Tlooth, The Journalist, and 20 Lines a Day.