Nancy Agabian

{WRITERS TALK} An Interview with Achy Obejas

Achy Obejas is the author of the critically acclaimed novels Ruins (Akashic Books, 2009), Days of Awe (Random House, 2001) and two other books of fiction. Her poetry chapbook, This Is What Happened in Our Other Life (A Midsummer Night’s Press, 2007), was both a critical favorite and a best-seller. She edited, and translated into English, Havana Noir (Akashic Books, 2007), a collection of crime stories by Cuban writers on and off the island. Her translation into Spanish of Junot Diaz’ The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Riverhead, 2009)/La Breve y Maravillos Vida de Oscar Wao (Vintage/Mondadori) was a finalist for Spain’s Esther Benitez Translation …

Keep reading...

> See all the Sunday Salon Writers Talk interviews

Sunday Salon Upcoming Salon Writers

You're just in time to hear these writers light up the upcoming Sunday Salon with their prose reading. Don't be shy. Come join us at the Sunday Salon nearest you.

NYC | June 16, 2013

> All upcoming writers

Sunday Salon Recent Salon Writers

We know you're bummed. You've just missed these literary conquistadores at the last Sunday Salon reading. Have no fear, we've saved these treasures for you.

Chicago | May 19, 2013

NYC | May 19, 2013

Chicago | April 28, 2013

> All recent writers

Sunday Salon Salon Alumni

Sunday Salon has an illustrious past. Everyone from Pulitzer Prize nominees to grad students has read at Sunday Salon. Meander though the Salon hall of fame below.

All Chicago writers

All NYC writers

All Nairobi writers

> All Salon alumni