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<div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Robin Russin</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:robin.russin@ucr.edu">robin.russin@ucr.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 2:23 PM<br>
Subject: Re: [Cwgrad-announcements] Fwd: Reading Series Spring and Fall 2009<br>To: Ching-In Chen <<a href="mailto:chinginchen@gmail.com">chinginchen@gmail.com</a>><br><br><br>
<div style="WORD-WRAP: break-word">Ching-In--
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<div>I've invited an Israeli Novelist, Suzane Adam, ranslated by Becka Mara McKay to read her new novel "Laundry" on April 24 at 2PM in INTS 1113.</div>
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<div>Here's the info, if you want to include any of it:</div>
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<div><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Title: <span> </span><span> </span>Laundry</span></div>
<div><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Author: <span> </span><span> </span>Suzane Adam</span></div>
<div><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Translator: <span> </span>Becka Mara McKay</span></div>
<div><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Publisher: <span> </span>Autumn Hill Books, Inc., P.O. Box 22, Iowa City, IA 52244</span></div>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -1in"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Distributor:<span> </span>Independent Publishers Group</span></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1in"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">814 North Franklin St., Chicago, IL 60610</span></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1in"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Phone: 312.337.0747 FAX: 312.337.5985 Orders: 800.888.4741 <a href="mailto:orders@ipgbook.com" target="_blank">orders@ipgbook.com</a></span></p>
<div><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Price: <span> </span><span> </span>$ US 16.95</span></div>
<div><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">ISBN 13: <span> </span>978 - 0 - 9754444 - 7 - 4</span></div>
<div><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">ISBN 10: <span> </span>0 - 9754444 - 7 - 6</span></div>
<div><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Length:<span> </span><span> </span>290 pages</span></div>
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<div><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><b>Book précis</b></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">. <i>Laundry</i></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> is a novel of psychological suspense that focuses on family relationships and the aftermath of childhood trauma. In sensitive, exact language, introspective Ildiko revisits moments from her childhood in the 1960s in a small, far-flung village in Transylvania that have left their mark on her entire life. Only now, after her immigration to Israel and the process of growing up and adapting, do the repressed nightmares from the past return and threaten to destroy the bonds of love and security she has built in the intervening years. As her story unfolds—and with it the parallel stories of her family—we come to understand the mysterious, violent event that begins the novel, and to see how Ildiko’s story has come full circle. With its complex characters and gripping narrative, <i>Laundry</i></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> is a psychological thriller driven by characters whose lives were shaped by the Holocaust.</span></div>
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<div><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><b>About the author</b></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">: Suzane Adam<b> </b></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">was born in Satu Mare, Transylvania, and came to Israel at the age of ten. She completed her studies majoring in medieval art, photography and etching. She later went on to study graphic art and multimedia and has taught art and creative thinking, image consulting, and computerized commercial presentation. She has worked as an illustrator and invented games for one of Israel's largest toy firms. She began writing seriously in 1996 and now devotes most of her time to writing. She published her first novel,<b><a href="http://www.autumnhillbooks.com/Laundry/laundry.htm" target="_blank"><span style="COLOR: windowtext; TEXT-DECORATION: none"><i> </i></span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: windowtext; TEXT-DECORATION: none"><i>Laundry</i></span></a></b></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">, in 2000, followed by <i>Mayamiya</i></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> in 2002 and <i>Janis's Mother</i></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> in 2004. In 2006, she was awarded the Kugel Prize for <i>Janis's Mother</i></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">. Her work has been translated in German and English.</span></div>
<div><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> </span></div><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><b>About the translator</b></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">: Becka Mara McKay earned an MFA in translation from the University of Iowa and an MFA in creative writing from the University of Washington. She is currently working on her PhD in comparative literature. Her poetry and translations have appeared in <i>ACM</i></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">, <i>American Letters and Commentary</i></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">, <i>Columbia</i></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">, <i>Controlled Burn</i></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">, <i>Cranky</i></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">, <i>eXchanges</i></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">, <i>Hayden's Ferry Review</i></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">, <i>Third Coast</i></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">, <i>small spiral notebook</i></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">, <i>TWO LINES</i></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">, and elsewhere. In 2004 she received a fellowship from the American Literary Translators Association. In 2006 she was nominated for a Pushcart Prize.</span> <br>
-- <br>~~~~~<br>Ching-In Chen<br>THE HEART'S TRAFFIC (Arktoi Books/Red Hen Press 2009)<br><a href="http://www.redhen.org/arktoi.asp">www.redhen.org/arktoi.asp</a><br><a href="http://www.chinginchen.com">www.chinginchen.com</a><br>
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