PEN: Everything and More: The Pale King
Where: St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral Gymnasium, 268 Mulberry St., New York City In this magnificent book left unfinished at his death, David Foster Wallace anatomizes contemporary American sadness and boredom by investigating its Internal Revenue System. The result: a hilarious, truthful, and embittered vision of late-model ...
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PEN: A Global Piano and Literary Salon: From Russia with Love
Where: The Jerome L. Greene Space at WNYC, 44 Charlton St., New York City In an intimate gathering at WYNYC’s beloved Jerome L. Greene Space, participants have a rare opportunity to hear Igor Belov and Ksenia Shcherbino, two of Russia’s young, rising literary talents read from their latest works. Sip a glass of wine, ...
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PEN: The 2011 PEN Literary Gala
Where: American Museum of Natural History, 79 St. and Central Park West, New York City The 2011 PEN Literary Gala is our largest source of unrestricted support. It provides crucial funding for our work to secure the liberty of persecuted and imprisoned writers around the world, to defend freedom of expression wherever it is ...
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PEN: Solidarity With Hungary
Where: Greenwich House Music School, Renee Weiler Concert Hall, 46 Barrow St., New York City In the wake of sweeping “reforms” and crack-downs brought on by the last election in Hungary, the country’s artists, journalists, and intellectuals are facing a period of intense scrutiny and censorship. Contemporary political ...
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PEN: Lunchtime Literary Conversations
Where: La Maison Française, 16 Washington Mews, New York City In a not-so distant past, the lunchtime hour was a sacred time for editor and writer alike to exchange ideas. Take a respite from the day’s activities to hear a conversation between French graphic novelist Ludovic Debeurme and Norwegian author Kjersti ...
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Ernesto Cardenal Reading Tour
Where: University of Colorado, Boulder, CO at the Old Main Chapel The tour coincides with the release of Cardenal’s latest work The Origin of Species and Other Poems. The acclaimed poet will be reading from his new collection at this presentation. ...
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Flash Cards
A few weeks ago I was visiting my grandparents in the tiny town of Kewanee, Illinois. Their house, because it is the same house where my mother grew up with her brothers and sisters, is crammed with the detritus of several childhoods and adolescences. While looking through a closet, I found a sheet of paper hand painted with ...
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