FOUND IN TRANSLATION: BREON MITCHELL, TONIGHT, TOMORROW

Breon Mitchell, the translator of Gunter Grass's masterpiece The Tin Drum, is the special guest tonight at the Wherever I Lie Is Your Bed anthology book release party at LIMN Gallery, 292 Townsend Street, 6 pm. Tonight's event is presented by the Center for the Art of Translation ($10 donation, suggested).

Food, wine and readings from the anthology, including Mitchell as well as Haitian poetry, Sudanese fiction and a special tribute to the late Danish poet Inger Christensen.

Mitchell's re-translation of The Tin Drum is only the second translation of this book in 50 years. To celebrate its re-translation, Mitchell will be the guest Tuesday, November 10 at LIT&LUNCH, 111 Minna St. (@ 2nd), 12:30 pm, FREE. Bring your lunch and hear Mitchell read, then discuss why it was important to give readers a second translation of The Tin Drum, and talk about the unique collaboration with Gunter Grass that made such a daunting work possible.