The Trouble with Happiness:  A conversation with Michael Favala Goldman.

American writer Michael Favala Goldman will read from his own poetry, and his new translations of Tove Ditlevsen's poetry.

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American writer Michael Favala Goldman will read from his new translations and poems, including the just-released collection of Tove Ditlevsen’s short stories, The Trouble with Happiness and the New York Times Top 10 Book of 2021, The Copenhagen Trilogy, also by Ditlevsen.....BIO:Michael Favala Goldman is a translator of Danish literature, an award-winning poet, educator, and jazz clarinetist. Over 130 of Michael&#x27;s translations and poems have appeared in periodicals such as The Harvard Review, The Los Angeles Review, and The New Yorker. He has translated 17 books of Danish poetry and prose, including Dependency, book three of The Copenhagen Trilogy by Tove Ditlevsen. His third book of poetry, Small Sovereign was awarded a Best Poetry Book of 2021. He lives in Northampton, Massachusetts, USA, where he has been running bi-monthly poetry critique groups since 2018. https://michaelfavalagoldman.com/About The Trouble with Happiness:“This quiet and devastating collection of vignettes from Ditlevsen . . . [reveals] all the simmering, explosive tensions found in marriage, family, and parenthood . . . The stories are simple; the characters ordinary and immensely human. Their motivations are mysterious and subtle, and Ditlevsen is acutely sensitive to the way normal life can wear at their hearts . . . Alongside this discomfort, though, is the opportunity for deep transformation. Already renowned for her memoirs, Ditlevsen is now poised to win acclaim as a master of short fiction.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review																	About The Copenhagen Trilogy:‘To get it out of the way: they are the best books I have read this year’ – John Self, New Statesman ‘Intense, elegant….Some of the most potent writing about addiction, rehab and relapse I’ve ever read…’ – Lucy Scholes, The Daily Telegraph“an absolute tour de force”. – The Paris Review‘To get it out of the way: they are the best books I have read this year’ – John Self, New Statesman‘Intense, elegant….Some of the most potent writing about addiction, rehab and relapse I’ve ever read…’ – Lucy Scholes, The Daily Telegraph“an absolute tour de force”. – The Paris ReviewFREE EVENT

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