Audio + Video
Risky Talking (video)
Piper Kerman, whose memoir Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison was adapted into an Emmy- and Peabody Award-winning original series for Netflix, and Donna… More
2015 Translation Slam (video)
What happens when a poem migrates into another language, not just once but twice? Find out when poets, translators, and audience square off in a smart and spirited exchange… More
Edwidge Danticat: On Something Else (video)
In this life, there's work, and then there's...something else. In this rare public appearance, celebrated author Edwidge Danticat reflected on her "something else" —something that has contributed to her… More
Edwidge Danticat: On Something Else (video)
In this life, there's work, and then there's...something else. In this rare public appearance, celebrated author Edwidge Danticat reflected on her "something else" —something that has contributed to her… More
Translation Slam (audio)
What happens when a poem migrates into another language, not just once but twice? Find out when poets, translators, and audience square off in a smart and spirited… More
Writer’s Workshop – Perspectives from African Writers (video)
A workshop with Rashidah Ismaili and Véronique Tadjo. Part of The Literary Mews. More
Opening Panel – Discussing Diaspora (video)
Cormac James, Abdourahman Waberi, Kerry Young, and Rashidah Ismaili discuss the meaning of diaspora. Moderated by Eric Banks. A part of The Literary Mews. More
Armenian Genocide: A Dark Paradigm (full audio)
As the world commemorates the centennial of the Armenian Genocide, a panel discusses this tragedy, which counted many noted writers and cultural leaders among the dead. More
Writing on the Inside, Reading on the Outside (video)
Formerly incarcerated people gathered together with prison-writing mentors to speak about the profound effects of their relationships. More
African Poets: The New Generation (audio)
This lavishly hip and intellectually robust poetry event, presented in association with Akashic Books, which recently published the box set Eight New-Generation African Poets, brings together editor Kwame Dawes… More
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