For this flagship event, leading international authors share their philosophical inquiries into our society’s need for mind-altering drugs and the all-too-human desire to escape reality. A look at the highs and lows of the multibillion-dollar drug industry.

With Boris Akunin, Lydia Cacho, Anne Enright, Guillermo Gómez-Peña, Marlon James, Paul Muldoon, Olga Tokarczuk, Juan Villoro

Hosted by The Cooper Union Office of Continuing Education and Public Programs

See the photo album of the event here.


This event took place as part of the 2016 PEN World Voices Festival.