{"id":8768640,"date":"2026-04-21T20:43:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T20:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/?post_type=app_event&#038;p=8768640"},"modified":"2026-04-21T21:39:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T21:39:57","slug":"poetry-reading-transat","status":"publish","type":"app_event","link":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/events\/poetry-reading-transat\/","title":{"rendered":"Poetry readings with Transat&#8217;s &amp; Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Transatlantic poetry journal <em><a href=\"https:\/\/editionslesmurmurations.com\/Transat\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/editionslesmurmurations.com\/Transat\"><strong>Transat\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/em> invites you to an immersive evening of poetry and translation. Moving fluidly between French and English, this event gathers a dynamic lineup of voices from both France and the United States. Guests will discover new poems, translations, and essays that facilitate a truly globalized conversation, all while enjoying complimentary French wine and light hors d\u2019oeuvres in the Alliance\u2019s jewelbox courtyard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About the writers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Vincent Broqua<\/strong> is a writer, translator, and professor at Universit\u00e9 Paris 8. An award-winning author, his recent publications include <em>Recovery<\/em> (2023), and his upcoming book <em>Gaiamen<\/em> (2025) was recently featured in <em>Transat\u2019 3<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Rachel Galvin<\/strong> is a scholar, poet, and translator specializing in comparative poetics. She teaches at The University of Chicago and recently published the acclaimed poetry collection <em>Uterotopia<\/em> (2023).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Camille Bloomfield<\/strong> explores poetry through writing, performance, and translation. A co-founder of the OuTransPo collective alongside Galvin, her latest publication is a translation-recreation of Perec and Helml\u00e9\u2019s <em>La Machine<\/em> (2025).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>cj nizard<\/strong> is a French scholar, performance-maker, and translator based in the US, known for their recent choreographic work in Chicago and reviews in <em>Chicago Review<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>L\u00e9on Pradeau<\/strong> is the founding editor of <em>Transat\u2019<\/em>. He writes books that navigate the space between French and English, most recently <em>vaisseau instantan\u00e9 \/ instant shipping<\/em> (2024). Together, cj and L\u00e9on are the co-translators of the forthcoming <em>Superliquid Water<\/em> (2026).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About the Journal<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Published twice a year, in late spring and early winter, <strong><em>Transat\u2019<\/em> <\/strong>is devoted to cultivating a transatlantic literary community. Each issue is shaped by two guest editors, who steer the journal\u2019s evolving conversation. Through curated packages sent to subscribers and hand-delivered copies placed in independent bookstores on both sides of the Atlantic\u2014often carried by its own contributors as they travel\u2014<em>Transat\u2019<\/em> creates a tangible, itinerant network that connects writers and readers across oceans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Supported by Villa Albertine Chicago and France Chicago Center at the University of Chicago <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8872603,"menu_order":0,"template":"","app_discipline":[366],"app_city_tax":[223],"app_event_type":[385],"class_list":["post-8768640","app_event","type-app_event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","app_discipline-poetry","app_city_tax-chi","app_event_type-readings"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Poetry readings with Transat&#039;s &amp; Friends - Villa Albertine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Join an immersive evening of bilingual poetry and translation celebrating the transatlantic literary journal Transat\u2019 bringing\u00a0together French and American writers for a cross-cultural dialogue exploring the spaces between languages.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/events\/poetry-reading-transat\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Poetry readings with Transat&#039;s &amp; 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