Creativity and Craft in Asylum with Osama Alomar
How do themes and style change when a writer is exiled? Who does an exiled writer write for? How do such things as native language, time in exile, and… More
Workshop—Francine Prose: Words versus Ideas
How does a piece of writing start—with language or with an idea? What is most important to writers and to readers? What is the role of style, diction, word… More
Who Owns the Mind?
We are told that NSA surveillance has helped foil terrorist plots, but at what cost are these unknown successes? Are there any benefits to government surveillance? What repercussions are… More
Translating on the Edge
Translation can be dangerous and subversive from a literary perspective. It can also take on a political or ideological dimension. Two translators of Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses were… More
“Bad Women”: When Women Break the Rules
What is a “bad” woman? What is the role of a “bad woman” in historical narratives, national histories, and familial stories? How can stories of sex and desire shift… More
Babette’s Feast 2.0: Scandinavia House
Though the evening’s five authors conjured scenes of mealtime and family gatherings, these were not stories of transcendence, but of unspoken traumas and mental illnesses, of moving cars and… More
The PEN World Voices Workshop: n+1′s “How to Do Theory in a Literary Magazine”
Ryan Chapman There’s an almost sitcom predictability to a group of people debating literary theory. The earnest populist. The contrarian. The grammarian. The blowhard who prefaces every response with a… More
First Editions Second Thoughts Auction
NEW DATE: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2014at Christie's, New York An auction of unique books and works of art will be held in the fall at Christies New York to benefit… More