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The Global City: Entire Event
Readings and a discussion with Alaa Al-Aswany, Paulo Lins, Melania Mazzucco, Carlos Monsiváis, and Orhan Pamuk at the 2006 PEN event The Global City, part of the 2006 PEN World Voices Festival.
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