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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PEN Speakeasy: Sex, Erotic Readings
Where: The Standard, New York, Le Bain, 444 W. 13th St., New York City Acclaimed writer Edmund White recreates the environment of a sultry speakeasy on the topic of sex and other saucy subjects with celebrated members from the fashion and music world, including poet and playwright Honor Moore, and others. With Yael ...
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PEN: Written on Water
Where: The Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers, Pier 61, W. 23rd St. & Hudson River, New York City Join us for the opening of the Seventh Annual PEN World Voices Festival on Manhattan’s waterfront and get a glimpse of the week-long celebration of world literature. Taking place in the stunning Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers, the ...
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