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October 2019

Thursday
October 3
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Writers As Witness Working A Broad Beat event icon

Writers as Witness: Working a Broad Beat: Freelance and Regional Reporting

Scuppernong Books
Greensboro, NC
Friday – Sunday
October 11 – October 13
1:00 pm – 4:30 pm
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PEN America at the Southern Festival of Books

Nashville Public Library
Nashville, Tennessee
Friday
October 11
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
My Year of Rest and Relaxation event image

My Year of Rest and Relaxation

Nashville Public Library Auditorium
Nashville, Tennessee
Friday
October 11
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Southern Festival of Books A Fortune For Your Disaster image

A Fortune for Your Disaster

Nashville Public Library Special Collections Room
Nashville, Tennessee
Saturday
October 12
11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Southern Festival of Books: A Beginner's Guide to Japan Observations and Provocations event image

A Beginner’s Guide to Japan: Observations and Provocations

Nashville Public Library Auditorium
Nashville, Tennessee
Saturday
October 12
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Southern Festival of Books: A Good Provider is One Who Leaves: One Family and Migration in the 21st Century event image

A Good Provider Is One Who Leaves: One Family and Migration in the 21st Century

Nashville Public Library Room 1B
Nashville, Tennessee
Saturday
October 12
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Southern Festival of Books: Shared History: Americans of Hispanic and African Descent event image

Shared History: Americans of Hispanic and African Descent

Nashville Public Library Room 1B
Nashville, Tennessee
Saturday
October 12
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Humanities Tennessee 2019 On The Plain Of Snakes A Mexican Journey

On the Plain of Snakes: A Mexican Journey

Nashville Public Library Room 1B
Nashville, Tennessee
Saturday
October 12
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Humanities Tennessee 2019 Youth Out Loud YA Novels

Youth Out Loud: YA Novels

Nashville Public Library Special Collections Room
Nashville, Tennessee
Saturday
October 12
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Southern Festival of Books 2019 How We Fight For Our Lives A Memoir event page

How We Fight for Our Lives: A Memoir

Nashville Public Library Room 1B
Nashville, Tennessee
Saturday
October 12
6:00 pm – 11:00 pm

Lit Crawl NYC 2019

Sunday
October 13
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Southern Festival of Books 2019 My Country Tis Of Me Two Memoirs

My Country Tis of Me: Two Memoirs

Nashville Public Library Room 1A
Nashville, Tennessee
Sunday
October 13
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Southern Festival of Books 2019 Know Thyself Finding Identity Through Memoir And Poetry event page

Know Thyself: Finding Identity Through Memoir and Poetry

Nashville Public Library Room 1A
Nashville, Tennessee
Sunday
October 13
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Humanities Tennessee 2019 Coming Of Age At The End Of An Empire Novels For Young Readers Event Icon

Coming of Age at the End of An Empire: Novels for Young Readers

Nashville Public Library Conference Room 3
Nashville, Tennessee
Sunday
October 13
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Southern Festival of Books 2019 Migration Narratives New Fiction And Nashville Stories

Migration Narratives: New Fiction and Nashville Stories

Nashville Public Library Teen Center
Nashville, Tennessee
Monday
October 14
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

PEN Out Loud: Staceyann Chin and Nicole Dennis-Benn

Strand Book Store
New York, NY
Tuesday
October 15
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
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Life and Death in a Carceral State

The North Door
Austin, Texas
Wednesday
October 16
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
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PEN Presents: José Olivarez & Jennine Capó Crucet

Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE)
Los Angeles, CA
Thursday
October 17
5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Image of speakers Randall L. Kennedy, Maya Wiley, and Nina McConigley

Race in the Public Dialogue: Hate Speech and Free Speech in America Today

The African Meeting House
Boston, MA
Thursday
October 17
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
book covers for So Sad Today and The Pisces by Melissa Broder

Los Angeles POP-UP Cocktails with Melissa Broder & Petra Collins

Saturday
October 19
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
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South Side Weekly Workshop Series: Introduction to Data Journalism

Experimental Station
Chicago, IL
Saturday
October 19
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
PEN West: A Reading with Robert Alter

PEN West: A Reading with Robert Alter

Berkeley, CA
Saturday
October 19
4:45 pm – 5:45 pm
Photo of Polina Kovaleva, Lev Golinkin and Katherine Young

Boston Book Festival: Activism, Free Expression, and Dissent in Eurasia

BAC Beehive
Boston, MA
Sunday
October 20
10:30 am – 12:00 pm
University

The Tension Between the First Amendment, Safety, and Inclusivity: Law, Policy, and the Role of Counseling Centers

Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort and Spa
San Antonio, TX
Monday
October 21
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Saudi Arabia: Impunity and the Silencing of Dissent, Columbia

Saudi Arabia: Impunity and the Silencing of Dissent

Pulitzer Hall
Monday
October 21
7:00 pm
Jamie Metzl headshot and the cover of Hacking Darwin: Genetic Engineering And The Future Of Humanity

PEN America Fall 2019 Authors’ Evening with Jamie Metzl

New York City
Tuesday
October 22
4:15 pm – 5:30 pm
Risk and Reward: Local Journalists Covering the Front Lines of War in Syria and Yemen, with Zaina Erhaim and Safa al-Ahmad

Risk and Reward: Local Journalists Covering the Front Lines of War in Syria and Yemen

Perry World House, University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Wednesday
October 23
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Writers As Witness Keynote

Writers as Witness: Keynote Event

Scuppernong Books
Greensboro, NC
Wednesday
October 23
7:30 pm – 9:00 pm

Free Speech Week: Conversation with Safa Al Ahmad

Mitchell Hall, University of Delaware
Newark, DE
Saturday
October 26
11:00 am – 11:45 am
Texas Book Festival Writing In A World Of Borders And Bonds image

Writing in a World of Borders and Bonds

Capitol Extension Room E2.026
Austin, TX
Sunday
October 27
11:15 am – 12:00 pm
Points of Entry: Reporting on the Border event image

Points of Entry: Reporting on the Border

Capitol Extension Room E1.014
Austin, TX
Wednesday
October 30
7:00 pm
Joseph J. Ellis headshot and cover of American Dialogue: The Founders and Us

PEN America Fall 2019 Authors’ Evening with Joseph J. Ellis

New York City

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