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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PEN: Workshop: New Orleans
Where: Old School, 233 Mott St., New York City New Orleans has long been a city from which writers have sought inspiration. Tennessee Williams, William Faulkner, Kate Chopin, Truman Capote, Walker Percy, and Richard Ford are among those who have lived and worked there. What is the role of the writer—if any—in New ...
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PEN: Workshop: De-Gentrify New York and Give Her Back to the World
Where: Old School, 233 Mott St., New York City Joined by two festival participants, three classic New York artists who love their city, bring their hearts and minds together to ask the question: What are the five necessary steps to de-gentrify New York? How do we overcome the crippling homogeneity that has turned parts of ...
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PEN: Workshop: The Publishing Revolution Is Here
Where: Old School, 233 Mott St., New York City Authors today are fighting corporate censorship, homogeneity, and formulaic plotlines by defecting from big publishers to go D.I.Y. In the digital age, publishing has undergone a metamorphosis. With breakthroughs in e-books and print-on-demand, distribution is readily available ...
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PEN: Workshop: Solitude and Community
Where: Westbeth Center for the Arts, Community Room, 57 Bethune St., New York City Art-making demands quiet, solitude—perhaps even loneliness. Yet, the literary imagination also thrives in community. How do writers negotiate these competing needs, for the pure aloneness in which a singular voice may emerge and for the ...
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