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Green Thoughts: Writers on the Environment
7 p.m.: The Cooper Union Great Hall ($15/$10: Smarttix)

Granta's Best of Young American Novelists 2
8:30 p.m.: Tishman Auditorium, The New School

>> Tuesday program details
Conversation: Alain Mabanckou & Dany Laferrière, with Anderson Tepper
1 p.m.: La Maison Française of NYU

History and the Truth of Fiction
1 p.m.: NYU Hemmerdinger Hall

At Home in Europe
3 p.m.: NYU Hemmerdinger Hall

Reading: The World Is a Book
4 p.m.: 192 Books

Conversation: Niccolò Ammaniti & Jhumpa Lahiri
5 p.m.: NYU Hemmerdinger Hall

Yasmina Khadra in Conversation
6 p.m.: The French Institute, Alliance Française

Postcolonial Writing in a Globalized World
6 p.m.: Goethe-Institut New York

Leaving Home as a Rite of Passage
6 p.m.: Small Press Center

Mediterranean Noir: The Italian Connection
6 p.m.: Italian Cultural Institute

Reading: From Page to Stage I
6:30 p.m.: CUNY Segal Theater

Catalan Poets Pay Homage to Pedro Pietri
7 p.m.: Nuyorican Poets Café

Circumference Reading: Poetry in Translation
7 p.m.: Housing Works Bookstore Café

Town Hall Readings: Writing Home
8 p.m.: The Town Hall ($15/$10: Ticketmaster)

>> Wednesday program details
Youth on the Frontlines: A Program for High School Students
10 a.m.: Instituto Cervantes New York

Multiple Passports: Writers on Homeland and Identity
1 p.m.: Hunter College Lang Recital Hall

From Page to Stage I
1 p.m.: CUNY Segal Theater

Words Under Confinement: Prison Writing as Political Act
1 p.m.: Instituto Cervantes New York

Make It New: Retranslating Great Literature
2:30 p.m.: Columbia Faculty House

Where on Earth: The Refugee Emergency
3 p.m.: Hunter College Lang Recital Hall

From Page to Stage II
3 p.m.: CUNY Segal Theater

English: An Invasive Species?
4:30 p.m.: Columbia Faculty House

Conversation: Geert Mak & Ian Buruma
5 p.m.: CUNY Segal Theater

Pico Iyer in Conversation with Hal Wake
5 p.m.: Hunter College Faculty Dining Room

Conversation: Neil Gaiman & Marguerite Abouet, with Sean Wilsey
6 p.m.: 37 Arts ($15/$10: Ticketmaster)

Arthur Japin & Michael Orthofer in Conversation
6:30 p.m.: Housing Works Bookstore Café

Reading: From Page to Stage II
6:30 p.m.: CUNY Segal Theater

Dirty Wars: Readings Against Torture, Arbitrary Detention, Kidnapping and Rendition
7 p.m.: Joe’s Pub ($10/$8)

György Konrád in Conversation
7:30 p.m.: Hungarian Cultural Center

Words Without Borders: The World Through the Eyes of Writers
7:30 p.m.: Columbia Faculty House

A Tribute to César Vallejo
8 p.m.: St. Mark’s Church

Prize-Winning Manuscripts from Prison: A Reading
8 p.m.: Housing Works Bookstore Café

An Evening with The Moth
8 p.m. 37 Arts ($30: Ticketmaster)

>> Thursday program details
Conversation: Ishmael Beah & Uzodinma Iweala 
11 a.m.: Instituto Cervantes

Postcards: Capturing Place
1 p.m.: Deutsches Haus at NYU

The Clouded Future of Journalism
1 p.m.: Instituto Cervantes New York

Gritty Realism
1 p.m.: The Walter Reade Theater

Conversation: Nabeel Yasin & Jo Tatchell
3 p.m.: Instituto Cervantes New York

Imaginary Geographies
3 p.m.: The Walter Reade Theater

Conversation: Per Petterson & Marilynne Robinson, with Radhika Jones; introduced by Philip Gourevitch
5 p.m.: Walter Reade Theater

World City, NY
5 p.m.: Asian American Writers’ Workshop

Conversation: Guillermo Arriaga & Paul Auster
6:30 p.m.: Donnell Library ($15/$10: Smarttix)

Words Without Borders: Every Day in Africa
6:30 p.m.: Instituto Cervantes New York

Conversation: Kiran Desai & Vikram Chandra, with Rachel Donadio
6:30 p.m.: The Morgan Library & Museum ($15/$10: Smarttix)

Conversation: Dave Eggers & Valentino Achak Deng
8 p.m.: Donnell Library ($15/$10: Smarttix)

Black & Blue: Mediterranean Noir
8 p.m.: The Morgan Library & Museum ($15/$10: Smarttix)

>> Friday program details
Voices from Today’s Iran
12 p.m.: CUNY Elebash Recital Hall

Mixing Art and Politics
12 p.m.: Instituto Cervantes New York

Moving Stories: Writers on Film
12 p.m.: Tishman Auditorium, The New School

Children’s Reading: Finding Peace
1 p.m.: The Rubin Museum of Art ($10)

Conversation: Caryl Phillips & Abdulrazak Gurnah, with Radhika Jones
1:30 p.m.: CUNY Elebash Recital Hall

Conversation: Siri Hustvedt & Margriet de Moor with Adam Gopnik
2 p.m.: The Bowery Ballroom ($5/Free; 21+)

Conversation: Tatyana Tolstaya & David Remnick
2 p.m.: Tishman Auditorium, The New School

Poetry Reading
2 p.m.: Poets House

Whose Translation Is It, Anyway? From Page to Stage III
3 p.m.: CUNY Elebash Recital Hall

Reporting on Iraq, Living in Terror: Carolin Emcke & Mark Danner
3:30 p.m.: The Bowery Ballroom ($5/Free; 21+)

Poetry Reading
3:30 p.m.: Poets House

What’s So Funny? Humor Out of Context
3:30 p.m.: Tishman Auditorium, The New School

Will the Boat Sink the Water?
4 p.m.: The Rubin Museum of Art ($10)

Literary Thrillers
5 p.m.: The Bowery Ballroom ($5/Free; 21+)

A Believer Nighttime Event
6 p.m.: Tishman Auditorium, New School

Reading: From Page to Stage III
6:30 p.m.: CUNY Segal Theater

The PEN Cabaret
8 p.m.: The Bowery Ballroom ($25/$20: Smarttix. 21+)

>> Saturday program details
Voyage and Voyeur: Travel and Travel Writing
12 p.m.: New York Public Library ($15/$10: Smarttix)

Spanish Civil War
12:30 p.m.: Instituto Cervantes New York

Internal Exile
2 p.m.: Instituto Cervantes New York

A Tribute to Ryszard Kapuscinski
2 p.m.: New York Public Library ($15/$10: Smarttix)

Sex and Danger
4 p.m.: New York Public Library ($15/$10: Smarttix)

What Makes a Home?
4 p.m.: Instituto Cervantes New York

The Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture
6:30 p.m.: The Cooper Union Great Hall ($15/$10: Smarttix)

>> Sunday program details
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