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April 24: 8 p.m.
Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio in Conversation with Adam Gopnik
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April 29: 8 p.m.
Evolution/Revolution
With Muriel Barbery, Jose Dalisay, Edwidge Danticat, Péter Nádas, Sergio Ramírez, Charlotte Roche, Salman Rushdie, and Raja Shehadeh >> Buy tickets

April 30: 7 p.m. SOLD OUT!
The Moth Revolution:
Stories of Change
With Salwa Al Neimi, Petina Gappah, László Garaczi, Salman Rushdie, and Tom Shillue  >> Buy tickets

April 30: 7:30 p.m.
The New York Review of Books:      The Economic Crisis and How to Deal with It
With Senator Bill Bradley, Niall Ferguson, Paul Krugman, Nouriel Roubini, George Soros, and Robin Wells; moderated by Jeff Madrick and introduced by Robert Silvers >> Buy tickets

April 30: 8 p.m.  SOLD OUT!
The Elegance of the Hedgehog 
With Muriel Barbery and Adam Gopnik >> Buy tickets
 

April 30: 9 p.m.
DEFIANCE: The Spirit of ’89
With Eszter Babarczy, Jose Dalisay, Nick Flynn, Sergio Ramírez, Hwang Sok-Yong, János Térey, and Paul Verhaeghen >> Buy tickets

May 1: 6 p.m.
Readings from Around the Globe
With Bernardo Atxaga, Petina Gappah, Mariken Jongman, Michael Ondaatje, Daniel Sada, Hwang Sok-Yong, Antonio Tabucchi, and Colm Tóibín >> Buy tickets

May 1: 8 p.m.
Poetry Reading
With Nicole Brossard, Narcís Comadira, Wayne Koestenbaum, Uwe Kolbe, Fuad Rifka, and János Térey >> Buy tickets

May 1: 9 p.m.
The Translation Slam
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May 2: 1 p.m.
Mark Z. Danielewski and Rick Moody in Conversation
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May 2: 1 p.m.
A Conversation with Neil Gaiman
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May 2: 2 p.m.
Jazz: The Revolution of Beat
With Jayne Cortez, Gary Giddins, Bill Zavatsky, and special guests; moderated by composer Carman Moore
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May 2: 2:30 p.m.
Enrique Vila-Matas and Paul Auster in Conversation
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May 2: 2:30 p.m.
1,000 Words: The Power of Visual Storytelling
With Emmanuel Guibert, David Polonsky, and Shaun Tan; moderated by Jonathan Ames >> Buy tickets

May 2: 4:30 p.m.
Revolutionary Writers: Yoshihiro Tatsumi in Conversation with Adrian Tomine
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May 2: 7:30 p.m. SOLD OUT!
PEN Cabaret
With Laurie Anderson, Carrie Brownstein, Horacio Castellanos Moya, Steve Connell, David Conrad, Mark Z. Danielewski, James Franco, Peter Hirsch, Nick Laird, Walter Mosley, Parker Posey, Lou Reed, Sekou, and Sean Wilsey
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May 3: 1:00 p.m.
David Grossman And Leonard Lopate In Conversation
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May 3: 2 p.m.
Richard Ford in Conversation with Nam Le
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May 3: 3 p.m.
Is Nonfiction Literature?
With Colum McCann, Philip Gourevitch, Norbert Gstrein, and Antje Rávic Strubel
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May 3: 4 p.m.
Henry Hudson 400 Years: Amsterdam and New York City
With Ian Buruma, Geert Mak, and Russell Shorto >> Buy tickets
 
May 3: 6:30 p.m.
The Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture by Nawal El Saadawi
With Nawal El Saadawi and Kwame Anthony Appiah >> Buy tickets


May 4: 8:00 p.m.
See Under: Love.  David Grossman on Bruno Schulz
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