The End of Oulipo? The End of Oulipo? My book (co-authored with Lauren Elkin), published by Zero Books. Available everywhere. Order it from Amazon, or find it in bookstores nationwide. 
Lady Chatterley’s Brother Lady Chatterley's Brother. The first ebook in the new TQC Long Essays series,  called “an exciting new project” by Chad Post of Open Letter and Three Percent. Why can't Nicholson Baker write about sex? And why can Javier Marias? We investigate why porn is a dead end, and why seduction paves the way for the sex writing of the future. Read an excerpt.
Available now from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and direct from this site:
Translate This Book! Ever wonder what English is missing? Called "a fascinating  read" by The New Yorker, Translate This Book! brings together over 40 of the top translators, publishers, and authors to tell us what books need to be published in English. Get it on Kindle.
|
Shop though these links = Support this site
|
Selected Publications and Events by Scott Esposito
Books
Events
- In conversation with Mikhail Shishkin and Marian Schwartz on Maidenhair by Mikhail Shishkin, April 4, 2013, Hotel Rex
- In conversation with Daniel Levin Becker on La Boutique Obscure by Georges Perec and The End of Oulipo? by Scott Esposito and Lauren Elkin, February 18, 2013, City Lights Bookstore
- Panelist, Z Space, “In Praise of Potential Literature,” with Daniel Levin Becker, Robin Sloan, and Matthew Zapruder moderated by John McMurtrie, May 10, 2012
- Panelist, The Blue Metropolis Festival, “Translating David Foster Wallace,” April 21, 2012
- Panelist, The Blue Metropolis Festival, “Cracking the U.S. Market,” April 20, 2012
- Panelist, Association of Writers & Writing Programs Annual Conference, “The Experimental and the International,” February 4, 2011
- Panelist, American Literary Translators Association Annual Conference, “Bringing It All Back Home,” on October 23, 2010
- Moderator, Center for the Art of Translation/Litquake Panel “What Should I Read in Translation?” on October 3, 2010
- Organizer/moderator, Found in Translation Book Group at The Booksmith, since January 2010
- Guest of the International Festival of Authors in Toronto, October 23 – 30, 2009
- Panelist, National Book Critics Circle/Litquake NBCC Reads Translation Panel, October 13, 2009
- Master of Ceremonies, Berkeley City Arts and Letters event with Rebecca Solnit, September 17, 2009
- Leader/facilitator, Indie Bookstore Tour in San Francisco, July 25, 2009
Professional Associations
- Judge, Open Letter Press’s Best Translated Book Award, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
- Staff reviewer, Publishers Weekly, since June 2009
- Editor, TWO LINES Online; Marketing and Web Manager, Center for the Art of Translation, since June 2009
Selected Publications
2013
- We Are Made of Memories: A Conversation with Mia Couto, The Paris Review Daily, May 2, 2013
- Review of Barley Patch by Gerald Murnane, The Believer, Issue 98, May 2013
- Review of La Boutique Obscure by Georges Perec, Asymptote April 2013
- Interview with Ottilie Mulzet, The Quarterly Conversation Issue 31 (Spring 2013) Music and Literature Issue 2 (Spring 2013)
- Toward Authority, Music and Literature Issue 2 (Spring 2013)
- Toward Authority, Vagant, April 2013
- Review of The Letters of William Gaddis, Barnes & Noble Review, April 3, 2013
- Review of The Book of My Lives by Aleksandar Hemon, San Francisco Chronicle, March 31, 2013
- Interview with Ethan Nosowsky, That Other Word, Episode 9
- Review of Exercises in Style by Raymond Queneau, Washington Post Book World, February 14, 2013
- Modified excerpt from The End of Oulipo?, The New Inquiry, January 17, 2013
2012
- Review of Kafka in Love by Jacqueline Raoul-Duval, San Francisco Chronicle, December 16, 2012
- The Literary Ouroboros, The White Review Issue 6 (December 2012)
- Review of Basti by Intizar Husain, The National, December 8, 2012
- Interview with Stephen Henighan, That Other Word, American University of Paris/Center for the Art of Translation, November 26, 2012
- Review of The Fun Stuff by James Wood, The B&N Review, November 16, 2012
- Brief Conversations with Lee Konstantinou, Bookforum, September 21, 2012
- Interview with Margaret Jull Costa, That Other Word, American University of Paris/Center for the Art of Translation, September 18, 2012
- Negation (excerpted from The End of Oulipo?), The White Review, September 2012
- Review of Vlad by Carlos Fuentes, The National, August 25, 2012
- Review of Absolution by Patrick Flanery, The Washington Post, July 5, 2012
- Review of Malarky by Anakana Schofield, San Francisco Chronicle, July 1, 2012
- The Authority Syndicate: On Your Face Tomorrow by Javier Marias, Los Angeles Review of Books, June 22, 2012
- Seize the Fourth Dimension: The Novels of Clarice Lispector, Barnes & Noble Review, June 21, 2012
- Interview with Benjamin Moser, That Other Word, American University of Paris/Center for the Art of Translation, May 15, 2012
- Mishandling of the Truth, review of Lifespan of a Fact by John D’Agata and Jim Fingal, The Critical Flame, May/June 2012
- Varamo by Cesar Aira, The National, May 12, 2012
- Art’s Fading Sway: Russian Ark by Aleksandr Sokurov, The White Review, May 1, 2012
- Zona: A Book about a Film about a Journey to a Room by Geoff Dyer, Barnes & Noble Review, March 26, 2012
- Interview with Lorin Stein, That Other Word, American University of Paris/Center for the Art of Translation, March 20, 2012
- The Clarice Lispector Roundtable, The Quarterly Conversation, March 5, 2012
- Autoportrait by Edouard Levé, The Quarterly Conversation, March 5, 2012
- Proud Beggars by Albert Cossery, The National, February 17, 2012
- Anti-Matter: Michel Houellebecq and Depressive Realism by Ben Jeffery, Bookforum, February 15, 2012
- The Letter Killers Club by Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky, The National, February 3, 2012
2011
- Scars by Juan Jose Saer, Bookforum, December 8, 2011
- The Third Reich by Roberto Bolano, Barnes & Noble Review, December 7, 2011
- The Hall of the Singing Caryatids by Victor Pelevin. The National, November 23, 2011
- Lightning Rods by Helen DeWitt, The Los Angeles Review of Books, November 21, 2011
- Toward the Indestructible: An Essay on My Two Worlds by Sergio Chejfec, The Critical Flame, Volume 2, Issue 16 | November-December 2011
- Parallel Stories by Peter Nadas, The Barnes & Noble Review, November 14, 2011
- The Cat’s Table by Michael Ondaatje, The National, October 7, 2011
- Nothing to Say, review essay of Jesse Ball’s The Curfew, September 26, 2011, Los Angeles Review of Books
- Interview with Cesar Aira, Tin House, Issue 49, September 2011
- From the Observatory by Julio Cortázar, The National, August 12, 2011
- Disaster Was My God by Bruce Duffy, Barnes & Noble Review, July 19, 2011
- Making the Knock, Anomalous Issue 2, July 13, 2011
- Between Parentheses by Roberto Bolaño, The National, June 10, 2011
- Interview with Enrique Vila-Matas, The Paris Review, June 6, 2011
- Animalinside by László Krasznahorkai, The National, June 3, 2011
- Suicide by Edouard Leve, The National, April 29, 2011
- On Reviewing Translations, Words Without Borders, April 22, 2011
- Otherwise Known as the Human Condition by Geoff Dyer, The Barnes & Noble Review, April 8, 2011
- Review of Funeral for a Dog by Thomas Pletzinger, The National, April 1, 2011
- Review of Never Any End to Paris by Enrique Vila-Matas, The National, March 11, 2011
- Stone Upon Stone by Wiesław Mysliwski, The National, February 4, 2011
- Review of Night Soul and Other Stories by Joseph McElroy, The Barnes & Noble Review, January 18, 2011
2010
- Afterword to The Clown by Heinrich Boll, Melville House Publishing, December 2010
- Mathias Énard’s Zone: The dark side of the sun, The National, December 30, 2010
- Reality, Really: A Profile of Novelist Andrew Foster Altschul, Publishers Weekly, December 13, 2010
- Review of Fame by Daniel Kehlmann, Los Angeles Times, October 30, 2010
- Death and the author, review of Mourning Diary by Roland Barthes, The National, October 29, 2010
- Building Bridges: PW Talks with Reza Aslan, Publishers Weekly, Oct 11
- Review of Prose by Thomas Bernhard, The National, September 3
- Introduction to The Buenos Aires Affair by Manuel Puig, Dalkey Archive Press, August 2010
- Review of Fireflies in the Mist by Qurratulain Hyder, The National, July 29
- Review of Pedigree by Georges Simenon, Barnes & Noble Review, July 9, 2010
- With the Desert Surrounding (essay on John D’Agata), The Critical Flame, Issue 6
- March of the clones (review/essay on The Literary Conference by Cesar Aira), The National of Abu Dhabi, May 13, 2010
- Review of Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace by David Lipsky, Los Angeles Times, April 11, 2010
- Review of Reality Hunger by David Shields, Barnes & Noble Review, March 15, 2010
- Review of The Changeling by Kenzaburo Oe, Los Angeles Times, March 7, 2010
- Editing Georges Perec: An Interview with Susan Barbara, Words Without Borders, January 29, 2010
- Tracking the True Roberto Bolano, Barnes & Noble Review, January 27, 2010 (review/essay of Roberto Bolano: The Last Interview and Monsieur Pain by Roberto Bolano)
2009
- Review of The Armies by Evelio Rosero, Fall 2009, The Critical Flame
- The Other Half of Moby-Dick: The Damion Searls Interview, The Quarterly Conversation
- 99 Essential African Books: The Geoff Wisner Interview, The Quarterly Conversation
- Horacio Castellanos and the New Political Novel, Issue 17, The Quarterly Conversation
- Review of The Cardboard Universe by Christopher Miller, Review of Contemporary Fiction, Vol XXIV, #2
- Review of Desert by JMG Le Clezio, Summer 2009, The Critical Flame
- Cormac McCarthy’s Paradox of Choice, Issue 16, The Quarterly Conversation
- Review of The Easy Chain by Evan Dara, Review of Contemporary Fiction, Vol XXIV, #1
- Response to “Some Darker Bouquets,” Mayday journal, Issue 1
- Review of The Late Age of Print by Ted Striphas, The Quarterly Conversation
- Reading and Publishing in Print’s Late Age: An Interview with Ted Striphas, The Quarterly Conversation
- Review of Best of Contemporary Mexican Fiction, Issue 15, The Quarterly Conversation
2008
- Between the Ellipses: The True-to-Life Fiction of William T. Vollmann, The Chattahoochee Review, Fall 2008, read as a PDF
- Interview with Katherine Silver, The Bloomsbury Review (reprinted for The Center for the Art of Translation)
- Profile of Horacio Castellanos Moya, Boldtype Issue 59
- The Dream of Our Youth, (El sueño de nuestra juventud), April 2008 issue of HermanoCerdo
- Review of Dirt for Art’s Sake by Elisabeth Ladenson, Spring 2008 issue of The Quarterly Conversation
- Wolves of the Crescent Moon by Yousef Al-Mohaimeed, Spring 2008 issue of The Quarterly Conversation
- Golemnism: An Interview with Marc Estrin, turnrow issue 5.2
- A Theory of Everything, Norman Rush’s Mating, Critical Mass, February 2008
- Interview with Norman Rush, Critical Mass, February 2008
- Review of The Enormity of the Tragedy by Quim Monzo, The Philadelphia Inquirer, January 2008
- The Fruits of Parasitism, Winter 2008, The Quarterly Conversation
2007
- On Packing Two Bags for Mexico, October 2007 Open Letters
- What are Prisons For? The Quarterly Conversation, Fall 2007
- Review of Travels with Herorodus by Ryszard Kapuscinski, The Philadelphia Inquirer, September 2007
- Review of Falling Man by Don DeLillo, Small Spiral Notebook, Summer 2007
- Interview with Matthew Sharpe, author of Jamestown, Small Spiral Notebook, Summer 2007
- Educating Bolano’s Orphans, The Quarterly Conversation, Summer 2007
- Review of The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolano, The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 24, 2007
- Thrice Told Tales: How Stories Become Reality
in Ngugi wa Thiong’o's Wizard of the Crow, Spring 2007 issue of The Quarterly Conversation
- Review of The Children’s Hospital by Chris Adrian, Spring 2007 issue of The Quarterly Conversation
- Review of Ice by Vladimir Sorokin, Spring 2007 Rain Taxi print edition
- Review of Wizard of the Crow by Ngugi wa Thiong’o, March 2007 Boldtype
- Review of Mohr by Frederick Reuss, February 2007 Boldtype
- New Clichés: How Mulligan Stew Uses Old Lines to Slam Pretentious Authors,
Winter 2007 issue of The Quarterly Conversation
- Review of Triangle by Katherine Weber, Winter 2007 issue of The Quarterly Conversation
- Interview with Edie Meidev, Winter 2007 issue of The Chattahoochee Review
2006
- Review of Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon, Winter 2007 Rain Taxi online edition
- Review of The Echo Maker by Richard Powers, Winter 2007 Rain Taxi print editon
- Haruki Murakami’s Meaningful Metaphors, Fall 2006 issue of The Quarterly Conversation
- Review of Mohr by Frederick Reuss, Fall 2006 Rain Taxi print editon
- Interview with Edward Falco, Spring 2006 issue of The Chattahoochee Review
- Review of Duchess of Nothing by Heather McGowan, April 9, 2006 San Francisco Chronicle
- Review of A Temple of Texts by William Gass, Summer 2006 Rain Taxi
- Review of Total Chaos by Jean-Claude Izzo, Summer 2006 issue of The Quarterly Conversation
- Review of Atomik Aztex by Sesshu Foster, April SFStation
- Interview with Lance Olsen, Spring 2006 PopMatters
- Review of Nietzche’s Kisses by Lance Olsen, Spring 2006 PopMatters
- Review of Things in the Night by Mati Unt, Spring 2006 Rain Taxi
- Review of The Ongoing Moment by Geoff Dyer, Spring 2006 Rain Taxi
- Review of The Judgment of Paris by Ross King, March 2006 SFStation
- Review of Apex Hides the Hurt by Colson Whitehead, March 2006 PopMatters
- Review of The Conversations by Michael Ondaatje, February 2006 Powels.com
- Review of The Conversations by Michael Ondaatje, February 2006 Boldtype
- Review of Like a Fiery Elephant by Jonathan Coe, Winter 2006 Rain Taxi
- Reading Alberto Moravia’s Boredom, Winter 2006 issue of The Quarterly Conversation
2005
- Review of Consider the Lobster by David Foster Wallace, December 2005, SFStation
- Review of King of California by Mark Arax and Rick Wartzman, November 2005 Boldtype
- Review of Slow Man by JM Coetzee, September 2005, SFStation
- Review of A Field Guide to Getting Lost by Rebecca Solnit, Fall 2005 issue of The Quarterly Conversation
- Review of King Leopold’s Ghost by Adam Hochschild, August 2005 Boldtype
- Review of 10:01, by Lance Olsen, Fall 2005 Rain Taxi
- Review of Maps for Lost Lovers, by Nadeem Aslam, Fall 2005 Rain Taxi
- Review of Beyond Desert Walls, by Ken Lamberton, Summer 2005 Rain Taxi
- Review of Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro, SFStation July 2005
- Litblogs Provide a New Alternative for Readers, Summer 2005 Rain Taxi
- Review of Bury the Chains by Adam Hochschild, Spring 2005 Rain Taxi
- Review of The Seas by Samantha Hunt, Spring 2005 Rain Taxi
- Review of The Last Song of Dusk by Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi, SFStation January 2005
2004
- Review of We the Media, by Dan Gilmore, Winter 2004 Rain Taxi
- Review of The Meaning of Everything, by Simon Winshester, November 2004 East Bay Express
- Review of What’s the Matter with Kansas by Thoman Frank, Fall 2004 Rain Taxi
- Review of Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell, October 2004, Flak Magazine
- Review of The Middle Mind by Curtis White, July 2004 SFStation
- Review of Bandbox by Thomas Mallon, Spring 2004 Rain Taxi
- Article on Book Art, April 2004 SFStation
- Review of Backstory by Ken Auletta, January 2004 SFStation
2003
Prior to 2003
|
Recommended Books DeLillo's major work before White Noise is probably his most underrated novel. Its all right here--the politics of paranoia, terrorism, the unnamable--set in an evocative, timeless Greece.
The most bizarre Abe novel I've yet read, which is indeed saying something. About a subclass of Japanese men who go around wearing boxes from the waist up (and then use them as domiciles in the evening), the book is also an experiment in perspective shifts, a highly unstable, metafictional first-person narrative, and an exploration of voyeurism, consumerism, and aberrant sexuality.
Charting the path to three gunshots--the one that killed filmmaker Theo Van Gogh, the one that disabled his Islamic extremist assassin, Mohammed Bouyeri, and the one that led to Vincent Van Gogh’s one hundred years earlier--Olsen tells three separate stories that resonate with one another on numerous levels: the logic of extremism, the role of the dissident in Dutch society, the limits of tolerance, the purpose of the artist, the feeling of the most important five minutes of your life. Read my interview with the author.
Creatively structured, well-executed epic novel of rural South Africa from 1950 - 2000. Takes on a lot and lives up to it magnificently. Highly recommended.
A book that's an interview about the book you're supposedly holding in your hands. Creative, potent, and full of life. Just what metafiction should be. Read my post on it.
|
The Rachel Shihor Interview
Graphs, Maps, Trees
The Names by Don DeLillo (1982)
The Box Man by Kobo Abe (1973, English 1974)
Head in Flames by Lance Olsen (2009)
Agaat by Marlene van Niekerk (2006, English 2010)
The Weather Fifteen Years Ago by Wolf Haas (2006, English 2009)
You Say