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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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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Laurence Cossé
Where: The Community Bookstore in Park Slope, 143 7th Avenue, New York City Please join Europa Editions, World Literature Today & The Community Bookstore for an evening with French novelist Laurence Cossé. Cossé will read from A Novel Bookstore, discuss her forthcoming novel An Accident in August and speak with World ...
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PEN: Translation Slam
Where: Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery St., New York City Back for the fourth year running, the Translation Slam puts different translations of the same text side by side and invites the translators, poets, and audience members to join in a lively critical debate of how each version meets its creative challenges. Borrowed ...
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PEN: Brainwave, The Dreamers
Where: Rubin Museum of Art, K2 Lounge, 150 West 17th St., New York City Ever wonder about the stuff of poets’ dreams? Don’t miss the last day of the Rubin Museum’s Brainwaves Series at an unprecedented event, where distinguished bards linger in gallery spaces throughout the Museum, sharing their dreams. In an intimate ...
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PEN: Cocktail Hour Reading
Where: Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery St., New York City Wind your week down with a reading by a stellar line-up of Festival authors. With David Bezmozgis, Rahul Bhattacharya, Tomas Espedal, Pierre Guyotat, Shin Kyung- Sook, and Irvine Welsh Tickets: $10/$5 PEN Members, students with valid ID. Call (866) 811-4111 or ...
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