PEN: Green Man Flashing + Some Mothers’ Sons
Where: CUNY Graduate Center, Martin E. Segal Theater, 365 Fifth Ave., New York City The Segal Center welcomes South African playwright and cultural leader Mike van Graan for an evening of theatre and discussion, including excerpted readings from his prescient political thriller, Green Man Flashing (2004) and his drama about ...
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PEN: Who Tells the Story? Children’s Book Writers Talk About Voice
Where: Greenwich House Music School, Renee Weiler Concert Hall, 46 Barrow St., New York City Must the writer get inside the head of the child in order to find an authentic voice for a young character? Or does the authentic voice come from someplace else? Three distinguished writers share ideas about how their lives shape ...
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PEN: The Absent Sea by Carlos Franz
Where: The Americas Society, 680 Park Ave., New York City Chilean author Franz and his translator, Leland H. Chambers, will read bilingually from the author’s latest award-winning novel. The Absent Sea explores the subject of the disappeared and, particularly, complicity during the Pinochet dictatorship (1973–90). Franz ...
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PEN: In Conversation: Pierre Guyotat and Edmund White
Where: La Maison Française, 16 Washington Mews, New York City Edmund White describes Pierre Guyotat’s novel, Eden Eden Eden, as “violent, transgressive and inspired—the last great avant-garde visionary of the 20th Century.” Princeton’s eminent professor of creative writing and author of Rimbaud: The Double Life ...
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PEN: China in Two Acts
Where: The Cooper Union, Great Hall, 7 E. 7th St. , New York City Born in Beijing and educated in the United States, New Yorker contributor Zha Jianying has a unique insight into the rapidly changing world inside China. She will be joined by Ian Buruma and David Rieff to discuss the plight of the country’s best-known ...
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PEN: Loneliness and Community
Where: The New School for Drama, 151 Bank St., New York City In the morning’s stillness or the evening’s hush, a writer’s voice emerges. But every scribe knows that creativity thrives when in the company of others. Join four renowned writers for readings and conversation on how to negotiate between the requirement for ...
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PEN: Diaspora Capitals
Where: The Jewish Community Center, 334 Amsterdam Ave., New York City New York City has always been a powerful attractor for migrants, transplants, and diverse communities of every imaginable type. But this city is only one of many that serves as a crossroad and meeting point—especially for writers. In this panel, we will ...
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