Raja Shehadeh: After “The Fact”
There were serious controversies about the project. Some thought the shameful past is better forgotten than commemorated. The “never again” contingent were into documentation and preserving the memory in… More
On Neuroscience and Storytelling
In the last five years, it has appeared very likely that literature and storytelling as we have known them for thousands of years will be affected radically, even if… More
Little Hungary
Little Jack lived in Little Hungary in a little Hungarian tenement house. Those who lived in Little Hungary were called little Hungarians even though Little Jack was actually quite… More
Le Clézio Comes to New York
The French author Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio will appear at the 92nd St Y on April 24 in his first public New York event since winning the Nobel Prize… More
Anthropoids
The next time you go to the zoo/ The zoo/ Slow down for a minute or two/ Or two More
Bernardo Atxaga participará en el festival PEN World Voices…
El Festival Internacional de Literatura de Nueva York reflexionará este año sobre el tema 'Evolución/Revolución' y tendrá lugar del 27 de abril al 3 de mayo. More
2009 PEN World Voices to Host 160 International Writers and Artists
The fifth annual PEN Word Voices festival will kick off in New York City on April 28, featuring sixty events with writers from forty countries, PEN American Center announced… More
PEN Center Sets International Literature Festival
The PEN American Center has announced the lineup for its annual World PEN Voices Festival of International Literature, which will run from April 27 through May 3 in New… More
Rushdie, Krugman featured at PEN festival
Salman Rushdie, Neil Gaiman and Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman will be among the authors featured at this spring's PEN World Voices Festival, the writers organization announced Wednesday. More