PEN: Contemporary Writing from Korea
Where: Asia Society, 725 Park Ave., New York City Join us to crack the code to the cryptic, suspenseful world of acclaimed young South Korean novelist Kim Young-ha, author of Your Republic is Calling You, a taut political thriller that spans the course of a single day in the life of a North Korean spy suddenly called back ...
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PEN: Get Super Lit: Comic Books Come Alive on Stage
Where: The Cooper Union, Frederick P. Rose Auditorium, 41 Cooper Sq., New York City Critics like to point out “comic books are not just superheroes,” that they’re also heartrending memoirs, important nonfiction, and even avant-garde art. True. But you can’t throw this baby out with the bathwater because it’s got ...
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PEN: An Interview Project for Young Journalists
Where: Westbeth Center for the Arts, Community Room, 57 Bethune St., New York City Are you a teen who aspires to become a journalist? Learn the art of interviewing with seasoned reporters and writers. This workshop will also allow you to practice your new skill set by interviewing acclaimed writers from around the world. ...
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PEN: Karma Chain
When: Saturday, April 30 Where: On the High Line, north of The Standard, New York City In Buddhism, Karma is the collective effect of an individual’s actions in forming his or her destiny in the next life. But are words actions? What are the consequences of linguistic actions? And how do words travel and mutate as they ...
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2011 Best Translated Book Award Winners: Aleš Šteger’s "The Book of Things" and Tove Jansson’s "The True Deceiver"
April 29, 2011 — The winning titles and translators for this year’s Best Translated Book Awards were announced earlier this evening at the Bowery Poetry Club as part of the PEN World Voices Festival. In poetry, Aleš Šteger’s The Book of Things, translated from the Slovenian by Brian Henry, took the top honor. In ...
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PEN: Best Translated Book Awards
Where: Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery St., New York City Established writers and translators such as David Grossman and Susan Bernofsky go up against relative newcomers such as Julia Franck and Edward Gauvin in this contest naming the Best Translated Books from 2010. Sponsored by the Three Percent web site, this event will ...
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PEN: Poetry: The Second Skin
Where: 92nd Street Y, Unterberg Poetry Center, 1395 Lexington Ave., New York City Do you hear the poetry in music and the music in poetry? Where does one begin and the other end? Experimental performance artist and musician Laurie Anderson curates and emcees an evening exploring the porous borders between poetry and music. ...
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