Global bazaar meets county fair at this third annual festival within the Festival. Discover a world of literature and music in NYU’s beautiful Washington Mews and its international houses and institutes.

All events are free and open to the public.

7:00 PM		Prelude to the Literary Mews: Thursday, May 7th The New Salon: Poets in Conversation With: Yona Harvey, Charif Shanahan, Afaa Weaver Yona Harvey and Afaa Weaver in conversation with Charif Shanahan.


10:30 AM		Writers Workshop: Liberty in All Its Forms RSVP required: www.nyuafricahouse.org With: Véronique Tadjo A poetry workshop with Véronique Tadjo.

12:00 PM		Opening Panel: Discussing Diaspora RSVP required: www.irelandhouse.fas.nyu.edu With: Rashidah Ismaili, Cormac James, Abdourahman Waberi, Kerry Young Moderated by: Eric Banks Rashidah Ismaili, Cormac James, Abdourahman Waberi, Kerry Young, and others discuss their thoughts on the diaspora.

12:00 PM		Outdoors: On the Mews 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM Literary Magazine and Book Fair on the Mews

1:00 PM		Onstage 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM Tiga Jean-Baptiste: Sounds of Africa 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM Musical Interlude 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Tine Kindermann & Band: Spring Time, Pretty Ring Time 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Dan Neely (Mandolin, Tenor Banjo) and Friends Perform Traditional Irish Tunes

1:15 PM		African Musical Workshop: The Art of Storytelling through Music RSVP required: www.nyuafricahouse.org

2:00 PM		CANCELED A Conversation with Jean-Christophe Rufin

3:00 PM		Author Reading and Lecture: Abdourahman Waberi With: Abdourahman Waberi This lecture by Abdourahman Waberi will focus on his individual writing, translation, and the process of writing in diaspora.

4:00 PM		Reading Between the Lines/Languages: Moroccan Poetry in Text, Translation, and Performance With: Idriss Aissa, Omar Berrada, Alexander Elinson, Deborah Kapchan, Driss Mesnaoui A program of readings (with translation) by Moroccan poets Idriss Aissa and Driss Mesnaoui, with commentary and critique from Omar Berrada, Alexander Elinson, and Deborah Kapchan.

4:00 PM		Afro-Asian Mixtapes: Overlapping Literary Diasporas in the Caribbean RSVP required: www.apa.nyu.edu/events With: Ifeona Fulani, Kerry Young Moderated by: Rishi Nath A reading and listening session highlighting the literary intersections between Asian and African diasporas in the Caribbean.

5:00 PM		Discussing Another Country: South Africa’s New Portraits RSVP required: [email protected] With: Reiner Leist, Hlonipha Mokoena A conversation between photographer Reiner Leist and Hlonipha Mokoena, professor of anthropology at Columbia University.

5:00 PM		Poetry Reading With: Amaud Jamaul Johnson, Parneshia Jones, Ladan Osman Amaud Jamaul Johnson, Parneshia Jones, and Ladan Osman will read from their work.

5:00 PM		Cormac James Launches The Surfacing RSVP required: www.irelandhouse.fas.nyu.edu With: Cormac James Irish novelist Cormac James launches The Surfacing, his novel about a ship that is threatened by ever-hardening Arctic ice when its lieutenant discovers that a stowaway will give birth to his child and finds the courage to lead.

6:00 PM		The Passion of Elena Ferrante RSVP required: www.casaitaliananyu.org With: Rebecca Falkoff, Ann Goldstein Award-winning translator Ann Goldstein (The New Yorker) and NYU professor Rebecca Falkoff will discuss the anonymous Italian author, whose devastatingly honest novels—particularly the epic Neapolitan tatralogy—have moved readers to a rare and visceral passion.

7:30 PM		Édouard Glissant: Everything Scatter, Scatter RSVP required: www.casaitaliananyu.org With: Kaiama Glover, Achille Mbembe, Véronique Tadjo Moderated by: Christopher Winks This celebration of the late Martinican writer, poet, and cultural commentator brings together Kaiama Glover, Achille Mbembe, and Véronique Tadjo to discuss his intriguing work.

Additional events will be presented by the NYU Institute of African American Affairs and will be announced here: as.nyu.edu/page/literarymews

The Literary Mews is presented with the support of:

The Vice Provost for Faculty, Arts, Humanities and Diversity
The Humanities Initiative at New York University
Arts & Science Dean for the Humanities
Graduate School of Arts & Science Office of the Dean
The Department of English

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