PEN: Catalan Literature’s Modern Tradition
Where: Scandinavia House, 58 Park Ave., New York City One of the world’s most beautiful romance languages, Catalan, has a rich literary trove, unknown to most of the English-speaking world. A discussion of seminal 20th-century works, such as Llorenc Villalonga’s The Doll’s Room and Josep Pla’s The Gray Notebook, led ...
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PEN: The REAL Literacies that Young Adults Need
Where: Instituto Cervantes, 211 East 49th St., New York City Does literacy just extend to the world of letters? Aren’t real-life literacies like those involving interpersonal skills, financial smarts, cultural sensitivity and media savvy just as important? Those adept at easing between multiple literacies fair best at ...
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2011 Princeton Poetry Festival
Where: Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey A hearty welcome to the second biennial Princeton Poetry Festival. Poetry has been a feature of life at this university for almost as long as the university has had life. Philip Freneau was a member of the class of 1771, while Aaron Burr of ...
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PEN: The Great Global Book Swap
Where: Scandinavia House, 58 Park Ave., New York City Imagine you are invited to a great global book swap and have to bring just one beloved book originally written in a foreign tongue: what would it be? Join five eminent writers who have trotted the globe and lived everywhere from Ireland to India, Latvia to Sudan, for a ...
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Pluriverse: An Afternoon with Ernesto Cardenal with Jonathan Cohen
Where: Poets House, 10 River Terrace, New York City Nicaraguan poet Ernesto Cardenal shares his poems and talks about his life with his English-language translator, Jonathan Cohen. This is a rare New York appearance for the 86-year-old Cardenal, who is the author of more than 35 books, many of them translated into English, ...
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Amy Dooling
Where: 745 Commonwealth Avenue, Sixth Floor, Room 625, Boston University Dooling presents Translating Ding Ling: Gender and Canon Formation in Modern Chinese Literature. Part of Boston University’s Lecture Series in Literary Translation. All lectures are free and open to the public. A discussion will follow the ...
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PEN: Lunchtime Literary Conversations
Where: La Maison Française, 16 Washington Mews, New York City Since her debut on the French literary scene more than a decade ago, Belgian novelist Amélie Nothomb has published a novel a year. Her edgy fiction, unconventional thinking, and public persona have combined to transform her into a worldwide literary sensation. ...
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