PEN: From The Anxiety to The Anatomy of Influence: A Conversation with Harold Bloom
Where: New York Public Library, Celeste Bartos Forum, 5th Ave. at 42nd St., New York City On the closing day of the PEN World Voices Festival, Yale University’s Sterling Professor of the Humanities Harold Bloom will join Paul Holdengräber for a discussion LIVE from the NYPL. Now in his eighth decade, Bloom will ...
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PEN: Russia in Two Acts
Where: The Morgan Library & Museum, Lehrman Hall, 225 Madison Ave., New York City Watch a World Champion chess player, now journalist, unravel the complexities of Russia’s cultural and geopolitical landscape. In Part One of this event, Garry Kasparov will offer his personal spin on the state of contemporary Russian ...
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PEN: Giacomo Leopardi’s Canti
Where: New York Public Library, South Court Auditorium, 5th Ave. at 42nd St., New York City President of the venerable publishing house, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Jonathan Galassi goes head-to-head with the illustrious German-poet translator and artistic director of Germany’s acclaimed Berliner Festspiele, Joachim ...
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PEN: In Conversation: Abdellah Taïa and Dale Peck
Where: The Cooper Union, Frederick P. Rose Auditorium, 41 Cooper Sq., New York City Dale Peck, the controversial critic and daring author of queer novels such as Martin and John, interviews one of Morocco’s youngest and most talented novelists Abdellah Taїa (Le jour du roi). They’ll discuss identity, gender and ...
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PEN: Poetry in Residence: Ugly Duckling Presse on the High Line
Where: High Line near 17th St., 10th Ave. Square, New York City Enjoy an afternoon of poetry readings with Brooklyn-based publisher Ugly Duckling Presse. Four handmade poetry broadsides featuring the poets’ work will be available for free along the length of the High Line. Presented in partnership by Friends of the High ...
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PEN: Poetry and Yoga
Where: The Rubin Museum of Art, 150 W. 17th St., New York City For the first time in PEN history, poets will share their space with movement. Bringing poetry in closer, intentional proximity to the spirit, this yoga class, taught and curated by Virayoga founder Elena Brower, places participants among the whispers of the art ...
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PEN: The Moth at the PEN World Voices Festival: What Went Wrong?
Where: The Cooper Union, The Great Hall, 7 E. 7th St., New York City N.B. Doors at 6:30 p.m.; Stories at 7:30 p.m. World Voices Festival founder and chair Salman Rushdie hosts New York City’s hottest literary ticket, The Moth, in a night of storytelling on the theme What Went Wrong. At this culminating moment of the ...
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