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September 2019

Sunday
September 1
12:00 pm – 12:45 pm
AJC-Decatur Festival 2019 Sacrifice In The Name Of Love

Sacrifice in the Name of Love

Marriott Atlanta Decatur Downtown/Emory Conference Center B
Decatur, GA
Sunday
September 1
2:30 pm – 3:15 pm
AJC-Decatur Festival 2019 Writing Identity In A Fractured World

Writing Identity in a Fractured World

Marriott Atlanta Decatur Downtown/Emory Conference Center C
Decatur, GA
Sunday
September 1
2:30 pm – 3:15 pm
AJC-Decatur Festival 2019 After The Fall Stories Amid The Echoes Of Collapse

After the Fall: Stories Amid the Echoes of Collapse

First Baptist Decatur Carreker Hall
Decatur, GA
Sunday
September 1
5:00 pm – 5:45 pm
AJC-Decatur Festival 2019 What We Gain When We Welcome

What We Gain When We Welcome

Historic DeKalb Courthouse
Decatur, GA
Wednesday
September 4
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
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PEN Out Loud: Salman Rushdie and Marlon James

The Great Hall, The Cooper Union
New York, NY
Saturday – Sunday
September 7 – September 8
10:00 am – 10:00 pm
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PEN America at the 2019 Hay Forum Dallas

The Wild Detectives
Dallas, TX
Tuesday
September 10
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
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PEN Out Loud: Rion Amilcar Scott and Vinson Cunningham

The New School, John L. Tishman Auditorium
New York, NY
Thursday
September 12
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
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Rx for Online Harassment: Preparation, Response, Support, and Self-Care

Sheraton New Orleans. Bayside C—4th Floor
New Orleans, LA
Thursday
September 12
6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
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Los Angeles POP-UP Cocktails with Susan Orlean

Thursday
September 12
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
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PEN Presents: B.A. Van Sise

Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE)
Los Angeles, CA
Saturday
September 14
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
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Art Activism and Ecopoetics

Ferris Wheel
Flint, MI
Monday – Monday
September 16 – September 23
7:00 pm – 5:00 pm
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PEN America at the 2019 Brooklyn Book Festival

Tuesday
September 17
8:30 am – 1:00 pm
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Digital Disinformation and the Threat to Democracy: Information Integrity in the 2020 Elections

Federal Election Commission
Washington, D.C.
Tuesday
September 17
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
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#StrongGirls = Empowerment and Activism

The Langston Hughes House
New York, NY
Tuesday
September 17
7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
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Points of Entry: Press Freedom at the U.S. Border

Santa Monica College Center for Media and Design
Santa Monica, CA
Wednesday
September 18
8:00 am – 9:15 am
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Solutions Journalism Network: What’s Working in Indian Country?

Mystic Lake Center
Prior Lake, MN
Wednesday
September 18
6:00 pm

PEN America Fall 2019 Authors’ Evening with Marc Brackett

New York City
Wednesday
September 18
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
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PEN America & Catapult Present the Best Debut Short Stories of 2019

Housing Works Bookstore Cafe
New York, NY
Wednesday
September 18
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
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BREAK OUT: A 2019 PEN America Prison Writing Awards Celebration

St. Mark’s Church in the Bowery
New York, NY
Thursday
September 19
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
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Artist Safety Hosting: A Discussion on Practice

Goethe-Institut New York
New York, NY
Friday
September 20
6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
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Translating Visual Stories: Graphic Novels, Comics, Picture Books, and Illustrated YA

Deutsches Haus at NYU
New York, NY
Sunday
September 22
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
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Banned Books Week 2019: Ann Arbor

University of Michigan, Michigan Room (League)
Sunday
September 22
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm

PEN Presents: Breaking the News

St. Francis College Founders Hall
Brooklyn, NY
Sunday
September 22
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
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PEN Presents: Re-Writing the Family

A Love Bizarre
Los Angeles, CA
Monday
September 23
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Banned Together Philadelphia

Banned Together: A Censorship Cabaret—Philadelphia, PA

Parkway Central Library
Monday
September 23
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Banned Together St. Petersburg

Banned Together: A Censorship Cabaret—St. Petersburg, FL

Palladium Theater
Monday
September 23
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Banned Together Boston

Banned Together: A Censorship Cabaret—Boston, MA

Boston Public Library
Monday
September 23
7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Banned Together Chicago

Banned Together: A Censorship Cabaret—Chicago, IL

Roosevelt University
Monday
September 23
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Banned Together Houston

Banned Together: A Censorship Cabaret—Houston, TX

Alley Theater-Hubbard
Tuesday
September 24
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Banned Books Week 2019 Salman Rushdie And Laila Lalami

Banned Books Week 2019: Salman Rushdie and Laila Lalami

All Souls Unitarian Church
Tulsa, OK
Tuesday
September 24
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Literature Locked Up Banned Books Week 2019 image

Banned Books Week 2019: Literature Locked Up Banned Book Reading and Public Discussion

Scuppernong Books
Greensboro, NC
Wednesday
September 25
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
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The Border: Epicenter of Our Homelands

The Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture
Dallas, TX
Wednesday
September 25
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
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Banned Books Week 2019: Banned Books Bash

Spider House Ballroom
Austin, TX
Wednesday
September 25
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Banned Together Atlanta

Banned Together: A Censorship Cabaret—Atlanta, GA

Kalliope Studios at The Atlanta Cuban Club
Thursday
September 26
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
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Campus at a Crossroads: Free Speech, Truth, and Democracy in an Election Year

NYU Cantor Film Center
New York, NY
Friday – Saturday
September 27 – September 28
8:00 am – 8:00 pm
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Colorado Migrahack

University of Denver
Denver, Colorado
Friday
September 27
7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Banned Books Week 2019: Freedom To Read

Banned Books Week 2019: Freedom to Read

Charis Books and More
Decatur, GA
Friday
September 27
8:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Banned Together Dallas

Banned Together: A Censorship Cabaret—Dallas, TX

Bishop Arts Theater Center
Saturday
September 28
2:00 pm – 6:00 pm
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Pollution, Place, & the People

Desert Island Supply Company
Birmingham, AL
Saturday
September 28
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Literature Locked Up Banned Books Week 2019 image

Banned Books Week 2019: Banned Books Week(end) at Deep Vellum

Deep Vellum Books
Dallas, TX
Saturday
September 28
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Literature Locked Up Banned Books Week 2019 image

Banned Books Week 2019: Banned Books Week Open Mic

BookBar
Denver, CO
Sunday
September 29
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Banned Together Nashville

Banned Together: A Censorship Cabaret—Nashville, TN

Actors Bridge Ensemble Dark Horse Theater

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