PEN: Brooklyn Public Library Event
Where: Brooklyn Public Library Central Branch, Dweck Center, 10 Grand Army Plaza, New York City The status of Arab women—often portrayed in the US and Europe as invisible, silent, and subjugated—has been used for a variety of purposes, from passing discriminatory legislation to justifying invasion. Join moderator ...
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PEN: A Literary Safari: A Unique Experience
Where: Westbeth Home of the Arts, Community Room, 155 Bank St., New York City Ever been on a literary safari? Explore Westbeth Center for the Arts Housing, the city’s oldest and largest artist community located in the heart of the bohemian West Village. With a map in hand, wander the hallways of this former industrial ...
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PEN: In Conversation: Margaret Mazzantini with Maria Tucci and Antonio Monda
Where: Greenwich House Music School, Renee Weiler Concert Hall, 46 Barrow St., New York City Italian actress-cum–eminent novelist Margaret Mazzantini talks Italian cinema, literature, and art with the Tony Award–winning actress Maria Tucci and prominent film critic Antonio Monda. With Margaret Mazzantini, Maria Tucci, ...
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Doron Rabinovici Reading
Where: B126 Hunter West-Chanin Center (subway level) A reading from in English and German from Israeli-Austrian writer Doron Rabinovici. Joining Rabinovici for this reading will be New York translator and essayist Tess Lewis, who has begun translating Rabinovici’s critically acclaimed novel Andernorts (2010). ...
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PEN: Next Steps: On College, Jobs, and Independence, an Event for Young Adults
Where: Westbeth Center for the Arts, Gallery, 57 Bethune St., New York City The professional trajectory in publishing was once crystal-clear: graduate from college, learn the craft through an apprenticeship, and land a cushy gig. But decades of economic strain have considerably diminished opportunities for building a ...
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PEN: Great Books: An Inheritance of Literary Wealth
Where: Baruch Performing Arts Center, Engelman Recital Hall, 55 Lexington Ave., New York City Yesteryear’s great works bring us today’s rich literature. How does it happen? One day at a time as a writer develops his or her writing voice, learning from or reacting against those who went before them. For the fourth year ...
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PEN: Workshop: Education, Knowledge, Learning
Where: Old School, 233 Mott St., New York City Debates about the nature of effective school and preparation for global competitiveness are weighted by rhetoric and have obscured a fundamental question about learning and development: what does it mean to be educated? What is the obligation of society to educate its young ...
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