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9:00–2:00
Community and School Programs
Co-sponsor: PEN’s Readers & Writers Program
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12:00–1:30
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Raymond Federman: Reading from Retour au fumier
Where: La Maison Française of NYU: 16 Washington Mews (corner of University Pl.)
Tickets: Free; (212) 998-8750
Co-sponsors: New York University and La Maison Française of NYU |
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1:00
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Tell That Story Again: Writing Myth Now
David Grossman, Milton Hatoum, Anne Provoost, Jeanette Winterson; moderated by Colum McCann
Working with myth—seeking new meaning in mankind’s oldest stories—is
one of the greatest literary challenges. Writers who have rewritten
myths for modern audiences discuss the complexities of making them new.
Where: Hunter College, The Lang Recital Hall: 695 Park Ave., 424 Hunter North Building
Tickets: Free and open to the public. Seating is limited. For information call (212) 650-3839.
Co-sponsors: The Hunter College Office of the President, School of Arts and Sciences, and MFA Program in Creative Writing
 Visit the World Voices Media Library to listen to this event and see photos.
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2:00
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Exiles in America
Chris Abani, Ammar Abdulhamid, Yiyun Li, Greg Palast, Huang Xiang; moderated by Michael Scammell
How do exiled writers stay engaged in America, where almost nobody
cares about their work, while back home they could be punished with a
jail sentence or death?
Where: Columbia University Faculty House: 400 West 117th St.
Tickets: Free; (212) 854-1200
Co-sponsor: The International Institute of Modern Letters and Columbia Arts Initiative
Visit the World Voices Media Library to listen to this event.
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3:00
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Conversation: Martin Amis & Patrick McGrath
Where: Hunter College, The Lang Recital Hall: 695 Park Ave., 424 Hunter North Building
Tickets: Free and open to the public. Seating is limited. For information call (212) 650-3839.
Co-sponsors: The Hunter College Office of the President, School of Arts and Sciences, and MFA Program in Creative Writing
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4:00
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Translation and Globalization
Boris Akunin, Roberto Calasso, Raymond Federman, Amanda Hopkinson, Richard Howard, Elizabeth Peellaert; moderated by Steve Wasserman
As English imposes itself on the world, it takes in very few of the
world’s voices via translation. What does this mean for the idea of
“world literature” as a universal conversation across all historic
periods and languages?
Where: Columbia University Faculty House: 400 West 117th St.
Tickets: Free; (212) 854-1200
Co-sponsors: The Institut Ramon Llull, The Center for Literary Translation, and Columbia Arts Initiative |
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7:00
A Quarter Century of HIV
This event has been canceled and will be rescheduled for a later date.
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7:00
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Mixed Media: Writers on Their Languages
Boris Akunin, Bernardo Atxaga, Raymond Federman, Yiyun Li, Agi Mishol, Hwang Sok-Yong, Dubravka Ugresic; moderated by David Damrosch
Writers are in the service of language itself and the specific language
of their work. Writers in Basque, Korean, Hebrew, Russian, English, and
Serbo-Croatian will pay tribute to what is unique and specific about
working in each language.
Where: Columbia University Faculty House: 400 West 117th St.
Tickets: Free; (212) 854-1200
Co-sponsors: Benetton, Instituto Cervantes, The Consulate General of Spain, The Center for Literary Translation, and Columbia Arts Initiative
Visit the World Voices Media Library to listen to this event.
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7:00–8:30
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Young Writers Series:
Helen Oyeyemi & Esmeralda Santiago
Readings by Deirdre Goodwin
Presented as part of The Studio Museum’s Books & Authors series, Evening with Writers and Others
Where: The Studio Museum in Harlem: 144 West 125th St.
Tickets: Free; (212) 864-4500
Co-sponsors: Benetton and The Studio Museum in Harlem
Visit the World Voices Media Library to listen to this event and see photos.
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7:00–8:30
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Conversation & Reading: Archipelagos of Poetry & Politics
Édouard Glissant, J. Michael Dash; introduced by Jayne Cortez; readings by Brent Edwards
Where: Poets House: 72 Spring St., Second Floor
Tickets: Free; (212) 431-7920
Co-sponsor: Poets House |
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7:00–8:30
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Reading: Felicitas Hoppe and Elizabeth Gaffney; conversation with Ayesha Pande
Felicitas Hoppe will read from Verbrecher und Versager: fünf Porträts (Felons and failures: five portraits) in German and in English from a translation by Philip Boehm. She will be joined by Elizabeth Gaffney, who will read from her novel Metropolis, published by Random House in 2005. Ayesha Pande will then speak with the authors on their portrayals of 19th-century outsiders.
Where: Goethe-Institut New York: 1014 Fifth Ave.
Tickets: Free; (212) 439-8700
Co-sponsor: Goethe-Institut New York |
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10:00–11:30
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An Evening Without…
Martin Amis, Gioconda Belli, Russell Banks, Barbara Goldsmith, Naomi Shihab Nye, Liev Schreiber,
Todd Solondz, Eloy Urroz, Debra Winger, and other surprise guest participants
In January 2006, PEN and the ACLU filed a lawsuit challenging a Patriot
Act provision that is keeping prominent international writers and
scholars from visiting the United States. For PEN, this is another sad
chapter in the history of ideological exclusion in America, a country
that has in the past banned visits by major writers including Pablo
Neruda, Graham Greene, Doris Lessing, Michel Foucault, Dario Fo,
Gabriel García Márquez, and Farley Mowat. Festival participants read
the work of writers who have been barred from the United States.
Where: The Bowery Poetry Club: 308 Bowery
Tickets: Free; (212) 614-0505
Co-sponsors: The American Civil Liberties Union and The Bowery Poetry Club
Visit the World Voices Media Library to listen to this event.
 Visit the ACLU site to see photos.
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