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CATEGORIES:College of Arts and Sciences
DESCRIPTION:On Tuesday, November 10, 2026, the University of Massachusetts 
 Dartmouth, the College of Arts & Sciences, and the Department of Global La
 nguages & Cultures welcomes Rim Battal, an award-winning French-Moroccan p
 oet and novelist, and Liza Tripp, a locally-based literary translator, to 
 campus in conjunction with Fall 2026’s “Contemporary Francophone Liter
 ary Voices in Translation” from 9:45-10:45 am, in Spruce 130. Rim Battal
  and Liza Tripp, will discuss the English translation of I’ll Look Mysel
 f in the Eyes and offer a sneak-preview bilingual reading for this novel, 
 which Galiot Press is launching in US bookstores on November 10, 2026. Fin
 alist for the 2025 Arab Literature Prize, Battal’s fierce autobiographic
 al novel about family betrayal and coming of age has been hailed by France
 ’s Le Nouvel Obs as “a formidable, irreverent tale of emancipation, fu
 eled by an intoxicating spirit of freedom”. Tripp’s translation crackl
 es with the same energy and wit as the original. Join us for a lively conv
 ersation and bilingual reading with Battal and Tripp followed by a raffle 
 for five copies of the novel and a book-signing. This free event, organize
 d by the College of Arts & Sciences and the Department of Global Languages
  and Cultures with the support of Galiot Press is open to the UMass Dartmo
 uth community. The talk begins at 9:45 and ends promptly at 10:45 in Spruc
 e 130. For further information, please contact Dr. Cheyne, Professor of Fr
 ench with the UMass Dartmouth Department of Global Languages & Culture at 
 mcheyne@umassd.edu.\nEvent page: https://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/11-10-2
 6-author-talk--bilingual-reading-with-rim-battal-and-liza-tripp.php
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<html><body><p>On Tuesday\, November 10\, 2026
 \, the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth\, the College of Arts & Scien
 ces\, and the Department of Global Languages & Cultures welcomes Rim Batta
 l\, an award-winning French-Moroccan poet and novelist\, and Liza Tripp\, 
 a locally-based literary translator\, to campus in conjunction with Fall 2
 026’s “Contemporary Francophone Literary Voices in Translation” from
  9:45-10:45 am\, in Spruce 130.</p>\n<p>Rim Battal and Liza Tripp\, will d
 iscuss the English translation of <em>I’ll Look Myself in the Eyes</em> 
 and offer a sneak-preview bilingual reading for this novel\, which Galiot 
 Press is launching in US bookstores on November 10\, 2026. Finalist for th
 e 2025 Arab Literature Prize\, Battal’s fierce autobiographical novel ab
 out family betrayal and coming of age has been hailed by France’s Le Nou
 vel Obs as “a formidable\, irreverent tale of emancipation\, fueled by a
 n intoxicating spirit of freedom”. Tripp’s translation crackles with t
 he same energy and wit as the original.</p>\n<p>Join us for a lively conve
 rsation and bilingual reading with Battal and Tripp followed by a raffle f
 or five copies of the novel and a book-signing. This free event\, organize
 d by the College of Arts & Sciences and the Department of Global Languages
  and Cultures with the support of Galiot Press is open to the UMass Dartmo
 uth community. The talk begins at 9:45 and ends promptly at 10:45 in Spruc
 e 130.</p>\n<p>For further information\, please contact Dr. Cheyne\, Profe
 ssor of French with the UMass Dartmouth Department of Global Languages & C
 ulture at mcheyne@umassd.edu.</p><p>Event page: <a href="https://www.umass
 d.edu/events/cms/11-10-26-author-talk--bilingual-reading-with-rim-battal-a
 nd-liza-tripp.php">https://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/11-10-26-author-talk-
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SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:Author Talk & Bilingual Reading with Rim Battal and 
 Liza Tripp
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