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Home > PEN World Voices > Thursday, May 1

Thursday, May 1

Daytime Events

Small World, Big Choices: A Program for High School Students

May 1 | Small World, Big Choices: A Program for High School Students

When: Thursday, May 1
Where: Instituto Cervantes New York: 211–215 East 49th St.
What time: 10 a.m.–12 p.m.

With Marina Budhos, Michael Patrick MacDonald, Patricia McCormick, Pam Muñoz Ryan, and Jutta Richter

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Burma: A Land at a Crossroads

May 1 | Burma: A Land at a Crossroads

When: Thursday, May 1
Where:
Instituto Cervantes New York: 211–215 East 49th St.
What time: 1–2:30 p.m.

With Ian Buruma and Thant Myint-U; moderated by Dedi Felman

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In Treatment: A Literary Conversation

May 1 | In Treatment: A Literary Conversation

When: Thursday, May 1
Where: The Mercantile Library: 17 East 47th St.
What time: 1–2 p.m.

With Arnon Grunberg & Yael Hedaya

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Writing Genocide

May 1 | Writing Genocide

When: Thursday, May 1
Where: Elebash Recital Hall, The CUNY Graduate Center: 365 5th Ave.
What time: 1–2:30 p.m.

With Lieve Joris and Christian Jungersen

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Language for a New Century: Contemporary Poetry from the Middle East, Asia, and Beyond

May 1 | Language for a New Century: Contemporary Poetry from the Middle East, Asia, and Beyond

When: Thursday, May 1
Where: Segal Theater, CUNY Graduate Center: 365 Fifth Ave.
What time: 1–2:30 p.m.

With Tina Chang, Nathalie Handal, Ravi Shankar, and special guest poets

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Soldiers, Gramophones, and Brecht: A Literary Conversation

May 1 | Soldiers, Gramophones, and Brecht: A Literary Conversation

When: Thursday, May 1
Where: Instituto Cervantes New York: 211–215 East 49th St.
What time: 2:30–3:30 p.m.

With Saša Stanišić and Gonçalo M. Tavares

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Resonances: Contemporary Writers on the Great Works

May 1 | Resonances: Contemporary Writers on the Great Works

When: Thursday, May 1
Where: William and Anita Newman Library, Baruch College: 55 Lexington Ave., Room 5–150
What time: 2:30–4 p.m.

With Fatou Diome, Flora Drew, Ma Jian, Antonio Muñoz Molina, and Charles Simic; moderated by Esther Allen

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Writing Reality Under the Guard of Correction

May 1 | Writing Reality Under the Guard of Correction

When: Thursday, May 1
Where: Elebash Recital Hall, The CUNY Graduate Center: 365 5th Ave.
What time: 3–4:30 p.m.

With Jennifer Egan, Asli Erdogan, Chenjerai Hove, and Barbara Parsons; moderated by Jackson Taylor

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Personal Narrative and Public Consciousness

May 1 | Personal Narrative and Public Consciousness

When: Thursday, May 1
Where: Segal Theater, CUNY Graduate Center: 365 Fifth Ave.
What time: 3–4:30 p.m.

With Carmen Boullosa & Horacio Castellanos Moya

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The Secret Lives of Cities

May 1 | The Secret Lives of Cities

When: Thursday, May 1
Where: Instituto Cervantes New York: 211–215 East 49th St.
What time: 4–5:30 p.m.

With Yousef Al-Mohaimeed, Juan de RecacoecheaJoshua Furst, and Francisco Goldman; moderated by Matt Weiland

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Ways of Seeing: Michel Tremblay and the Stage

May 1 | Ways of Seeing: Michel Tremblay and the Stage

When: Thursday, May 1
Where: Segal Theater, CUNY Graduate Center: 365 Fifth Ave.
What time: 5–6:30 p.m.

With Travis Preston & Michel Tremblay

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Evening Events

Publishers Weekly: On Translation

May 1 | Publishers Weekly: On Translation

When: Thursday, May 1
Where: Elebash Recital Hall, CUNY Graduate Center: 365 5th Ave.
What time: 6–7:30 p.m.

With Morgan Entrekin, Edwin Frank, Halfdan Freihow, and Michael Krüger; moderated by Sara Nelson

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Inside Out: The Public and Private Lives of Children

May 1 | Inside Out: The Public and Private Lives of Children

When: Thursday, May 1
Where: Scholastic Auditorium: 557 Broadway
What time: 6–7:30 p.m.

With Sharon G. FlakePam Muñoz Ryan, Jutta Richter, and Peter Sis; moderated by Elizabeth Levy

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Yalo: A Literary Conversation with Elias Khoury

May 2 | Yalo: A Literary Conversation with Elias Khoury

When: Thursday, May 1
Where: The Mercantile Library: 17 East 47th St.
What time: 6 p.m.

With Elias Khoury & Eduardo Lago

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Open Letter Presents Salman Rushdie and Umberto Eco

Thursday, May 1 | Open Letter Presents Salman Rushdie and Umberto Eco

When: Thursday, May 1
Where: Alumni and Advancement Center, University of Rochester: 300 East River Road, Rochester, NY
What time: 6 p.m.

With Umberto Eco and Salman Rushdie; moderated by Joanna Scott

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TimesTalk: American Literature Seen From Abroad

May 1 | TimesTalk: American Literature Seen from Abroad

When: Thursday, May 1
Where: TheTimesCenter: 242 West 41st St.
What time: 6:30 p.m.

With Yousef Al-Mohaimeed, Ian McEwan, and Binyavanga Wainaina

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Thomas Bernhard and the Art of Failure

May 1 | The Art of Failure

When: Thursday, May 1
Where: Austrian Cultural Forum: 11 East 52nd St.
What time: 7–8.30 p.m.

With Horacio Castellanos Moya, Paul Holdengräber, Fatima Naqvi, and Dale Peck; moderated by Jonathan Taylor

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Writing Place, Finding Refuge

May 1 | Writing Place, Finding Refuge

When: Thursday, May 1
Where: Brooklyn Public Library: Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn
What time: 7 p.m.

With Fatou Diome, Nuruddin Farah, Xiaolu Guo, and Etgar Keret; moderated by Rick Moody

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A. B. Yehoshua in Conversation with Leon Wieseltier

May 1 | A. B. Yehoshua in Conversation

When: Thursday, May 1
Where: Center for Jewish History: 15 West 16th St.
What time: 7–8 p.m.

With A.B. Yehoshua and Leon Wieseltier

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The Moth: Award-Winning Storytelling

May 1 | The Moth: Award-Winning Storytelling

When: Thursday, May 1
Where: The Museum at Eldridge Street: 12 Eldridge St.
What time: 7–10 p.m.

With Andy Borowitz, Ana Castillo, Rian Malan, Annie Proulx, and Gonçalo M. Tavares

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Theater and Poetry: Visions and Metaphor

May 1 | Theater and Poetry: Visions and Metaphor

When: Thursday, May 1
Where: Segal Theater, CUNY Graduate Center: 365 Fifth Ave.
What time: 7–9 p.m.

With Àngels Aymar & Kristín Ómarsdóttir 

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An Evening of Poetry with Joan Margarit and Philip Levine

May 1 | An Evening of Poetry with Joan Margarit and Philip Levine

When: Thursday, May 1
Where: Housing Works Bookstore Café: 126 Crosby St.
What time: 7 p.m.

With Philip Levine & Joan Margarit

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Gomorrah: Infiltrating the Mafia

May 1 | Gomorrah: Infiltrating the Mafia

When: Thursday, May 1
Where: Elebash Recital Hall, CUNY Graduate Center: 365 5th Ave.
What time: 8–9 p.m.

With Antonio Monda & Roberto Saviano

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Translation Slam

May 1 | Translation Slam

When: Thursday, May 1
Where: Bowery Poetry Club: 308 Bowery
What time: 9 p.m.

With Ross Benjamin, Susan Bernofsky, Coral Bracho, Monica de la Torre, Linda Gaboriau, Michael Krüger, Michael F. Moore, Idra Novey, and Michael Reynolds

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Something to Hide: Writers and Artists Against the Surveillance State

May 1 | Something to Hide: Writers and Artists Against the Surveillance State

When: Thursday, May 1
Where: Joe’s Pub: 425 Lafayette St.
What time: 9 p.m.

With György Dragomán, Hasan Elahi, Asli Erdogan, Péter EsterházyChenjerai Hove, Irakli Kakabadze, Jenny Marketou, Ivy Meeropol, Francine Prose, and Ingo Schulze

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