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2009 FESTIVAL PROGRAM


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TUESDAY, APRIL 28    |    4 events

The Rattapallax/PEN World Voices Literary Film Feast
With Bob Holman, DJ Kadagian, and others; introduced by Ram Devineni


Resonances: Writers on the Great Works
With Muriel Barbery, Salwa Al Neimi, José Manuel Prieto, George Packer, and Antonio Tabucchi


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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29    |   6 events

The Voyage of the Reader:
Using Children’s Books to Create a Lifelong Love of Reading

With Mary Ann Hoberman, Francine Prose, and Meir Shalev; moderated by Benjamin D. Schrank

Evolution/Revolution
With Muriel Barbery, Jose Dalisay, Edwidge Danticat, Péter Nádas, Sergio Ramírez, Salman Rushdie, and Raja Shehadeh

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THURSDAY, APRIL 30    |   17 events

Meir Shalev in Conversation with Daniel Menaker
A must-see event! One of Israel's foremost literary figures in conversation with former Random House Editor-in-Chief, author, and journalist Daniel Menaker.

DEFIANCE: The Spirit of ’89
With Eszter Babarczy, Jose Dalisay, Nick Flynn, Sergio Ramírez, Hwang Sok-Yong, János Térey, and Paul Verhaeghen

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FRIDAY, May 1   |   16 events

The Language of Fear
With Guillermo Fadanelli, Wayne Koestenbaum, Colum McCann, Kathrin Röggla, and Anya Ulinich; moderated by Jeffrey Lependorf

 

Readings from Around the Globe
With Bernardo Atxaga, Petina Gappah, Mariken Jongman, Michael Ondaatje, Daniel Sada, Hwang Sok-Yong, Antonio Tabucchi, and Colm Tóibín

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SATURDAY, MAY 2   |   20 events

Enrique Vila-Matas & Paul Auster in Conversation
For years Enrique Vila-Matas and Paul Auster have been engaged in an extended literary correspondence spanning several continents and languages. Come eavesdrop on their conversation led by Eduardo Lago.

Standing Before History: Remembering Ken Saro-Wiwa
With Ken Wiwa, Jr., Richard North Patterson, with a reading by Steve Connell and Sekou; moderated by Okey Ndibe

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SUNDAY, MAY 3   |   9 events

Henry Hudson 400 Years: Amsterdam and New York City
Join Ian Buruma, Geert Mak, and American Russell Shorto for a journey across the looking-glass of the Atlantic to see how these different worlds—Holland and America; Amsterdam and New York—infused and transformed each other.

Nawal El Saadawi:
The Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture
With Kwame Anthony Appiah

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