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12:00–1:30
Reading: Chris Abani, Rodrigo Fresán, Yiyun Li, Frederic Tuten
Where: Strand Bookstore: 828 Broadway
Tickets: (212) 473-1452
Co-sponsor: Strand Bookstore |
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2:00
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Globalization, Fundamentalism & Women
Nadezhda Azhgikhina, Angélica Gorodischer, Necla Kelek, Ritu Menon, Dubravka Ugresic; moderated by Paula Giddings
The panel offers a writer’s perspective on how historic changes over
the last 20 years have affected women. Speakers from four continents
will focus on the costs of globalization and the threat of
fundamentalism to women and free expression.
Where: CUNY Grad Center's Proshansky Auditorium: 365 5th Ave.
Tickets: Free; (212) 817-7000
Co-sponsors: The Center for the Humanities, The Graduate Center, CUNY and Women’s WORLD |
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4:00
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Just the Facts: Truth & the Internet
Ammar Abdulhamid, Carol Darr, George Saunders, Åsne Seierstad, Susan Tifft; moderated by Jacob Weisberg
For millions, the Internet is now the go-to place for news, opinion,
advice, advocacy, outrage, connection, and community. But as
information disseminates at lightning speed, what happens to “fact”?
When every rumor, prevarication, hallucination, or fantasy instantly
goes global, is there any way to detach truth from lies?
Where: CUNY Grad Center's Proshansky Auditorium: 365 5th Ave.
Tickets: Free; (212) 817-7000
Co-sponsors: The Center for the Humanities, The Graduate Center, CUNY and The International Institute of Modern Letters
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6:00
The Limits of Tolerance? Multiculturalism Now
Pascal Bruckner, Necla Kelek, Richard Rodriguez; moderated by Kwame Anthony Appiah
In distinctive American and European variants, multiculturalism is
embattled from left and right as never before, even as both continents
absorb unprecedented numbers of immigrants. Can the Enlightenment ideal
of tolerance survive the pressures of profound cultural differences
aggravated by religious extremism? A diverse group of American and
European observers look at multiculturalism today.
Where: The New York Public Library, South Court Auditorium: 5th Ave. & 42nd St. (Enter on 5th Ave.)
Tickets: $15 general admission/$10 library donors, seniors, and students with valid ID.
Purchase tickets from Smarttix:
(212) 868-4444 or www.smarttix.com
Co-sponsors: LIVE from the NYPL, The German Federal Cultural Foundation, and
signandsight.com
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6:00–7:30
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Young Writers Series:
Etgar Keret & George Saunders
Where: Housing Works Bookstore Café: 126 Crosby St.
Tickets: Free; (212) 334-3324
Co-sponsors: Benetton and Housing Works Bookstore Café
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6:00–7:30
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Taking Crime Fiction Seriously
Boris Akunin, Henning Mankell, Lawrence Venuti; moderated by Michael F. Moore
How do writers of crime fiction manage to combine literary prowess with
white-knuckle reading? Why do people love to read crime novels? Authors
reflect on their key influences and the role this genre plays in the
collective imagination.
Where: Italian Cultural Institute: 686 Park Ave.
Tickets: Free; RSVP to (212) 879 4242, ext. 364
Co-sponsor: The Italian Cultural Institute in NY |
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6:30–8:00
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51%: Women Write the World, a Panel Discussion
Melania G. Mazzucco, Helen Oyeyemi, Anne Provoost, Ayu Utami; moderated by Jessica Hagedorn
Geography is literary destiny. Women writers from four continents
discuss writing about home/going home and how gender influences a
writer’s literary landscape.
Where: The Asian Americans Writers’ Workshop: 16 West 32nd St., Suite 10A
Tickets: Free; (212) 494-0061
Co-sponsor: The Asian American Writers’ Workshop |
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7:30–9:00
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The Radical Loser: A Public Interview with Hans Magnus Enzensberger
Philip Gourevitch, author and editor of The
Paris Review, engages Enzensberger in a discussion on what makes
the radical loser become a killer, or a terrorist, based on his essay published
recently on signandsight.com.
Where: Goethe-Institut New York: 1014 Fifth Ave.
Tickets: Free; (212) 439-8700
Co-sponsor: Goethe-Institut New York |
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8:00–9:30
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Conversation: Chris Abani & Colm Tóibín
Where: KGB Bar: 85 East 4th St.
Tickets: Free; (212) 505-3360
Co-sponsor: BOMB Magazine, celebrating 25 years of interviews between artists, writers, architects, directors, and musicians |
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8:00
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Revolution: A User’s Manual
Gioconda Belli, Baltasar Garzón, Adam Michnik, G. M. Tamás; moderated by Christopher Hitchens
In an anniversary year of the last century’s complicated romance with
revolution—the Spanish Civil War (1936), the Hungarian uprising (1956),
Spain’s transition to democracy (1976), and the birth of Solidarity
(1981)—activist intellectuals reflect on the status of our faith in
revolution.
Where: The New York Public Library, Celeste Bartos Forum: 5th Ave. & 42nd St. (Enter on 42nd St.)
Tickets: $15 general admission/$10 library donors, seniors, and students with valid ID.
Purchase tickets from Smarttix:
(212) 868-4444 or www.smarttix.com
Co-sponsors: LIVE from the NYPL, Hungarian Cultural Center, Instituto Cervantes, and the Consulate General of Spain
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