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2006 EVENTS

Below are events from 2006. Visit the multimedia archive for recordings and photos.

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THE WRITER'S CONSCIENCE: REMEMBERING ANNA POLITKOVSKAYA & RUSSIA'S FORGOTTEN WARThe Writer's Conscience: Remembering Anna Politkovskaya & Russia's Forgotten War
December 6


SOMETHING TO DECLARE: CELEBRATING WRITERS OF COLORSomething To Declare: Celebrating Writers Of Color
October 16, 2006

This year's celebration recongized the accomplishments of the 2006 PEN/Beyond Margins Award winners: Richard Blanco, Andrew Lam, Ed Bok Lee, Caryl Phillips, and Jennifer Tseng.

PROTECTING PRIVACY, CHALLENGING SECRECY, AND STANDING UP FOR THE FIRST AMENDMENTProtecting Privacy, Challenging Secrecy, and Standing Up for the First Amendment
September 28
  

FREEDOM TO WRITE? OUR OBLIGATION TO PROTECT FREE EXPRESSIONFreedom to Write? Our Obligation to Protect Free Expression
March 3, 2007

Are writers being silenced around the world? Are our First Amendment freedoms at risk here at home? How do current affairs affect the rights of writers to practice their craft? What is the role of self-censorship in a culture of real or imagined threats to freedom of expression?



AMERICAN VERTIGO: WHO ARE WE IN FOREIGN EYES?American Vertigo: Who Are We in Foreign Eyes?
January 26

Bernard-Henri Lévy, the French writer-philosopher and author of the new book American Vertigo (translated by Charlotte Mandell) joined Tina Brown, former editor of The New Yorker and host of Topic A on CNBC, in conversation at the New York Public Library.

WORLD VOICES FESTIVAL

6 days
54 events
140 writers

 

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