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ISSUE 1: Classics
ISSUE 1: Classics

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CLASSICS CONVERSATIONS
CLASSICS CONVERSATIONS The Writer, the Work: Thrown Voices

A conversation between Richard Howard and Susan Sontag, which was excerpted in PEN America 1: Classics.
Thrown Voices: Richard Howard & Susan Sontag
banks The Real Story: Literary Fact and Fiction

A panel discussion with James Atlas, Russell Banks, Millicent Dillon, Charles McGrath, Joyce Carol Oates, and Simon Schama, excerpted in PEN America 1: Classics.
The Real Story: Literary Fact and Fiction
play The Play's the Thing

A discussion with Jessica Hagedorn, Charles Mee, and Suzan-Lori Parks, excerpted in PEN America 1: Classics.
The Play's the Thing: A Discussion
The Most Insidious Censorship

A conversation between K. Anthony Appiah and Benjamin Barber, excerpted in PEN America 1: Classics.
The Most Insidious Censorship: A Conversation
CLASSICS POETRY
Albert Altimari: One-Legged Walter
CLASSICS TRIBUTES
CLASSICS TRIBUTES Virginia Woolf's Voyage Out

In 2000, the PEN Forums Committee sponsored a tribute to Virginia Woolf at Town Hall, New York City. The following selection was printed in PEN America 1: Classics.
James Wood: Virginia Woolf's Forgetful Selves
Mary Gordon: Bodies of Knowledge
Elaine Showalter: Invigorating Life
Michael Cunningham: First Love
Virginia Woolf: How Should One Read a Book?
Remembering Jorge Luis Borges Remembering Jorge Luis Borges

In 2000, the PEN Forums Committee and the New School Graduate Writing Program cosponsored a centenary celebration of Jorge Luis Borges. The following selection was printed in PEN America 1: Classics.
Alastair Reid: Borges Beyond Words
Bradford Morrow: Time After Time
Eliot Weinberger: All the Range
Rosario Ferré: Reaching the Center
Robert Stone: Language of Labyrinth
Paul Auster: 1,001 Laughs
John Macrae: Nothing Simple
Imagining Italo Calvino Imagining Italo Calvino

In 2000, PEN and the Cooper Union cosponsored a celebration of Italo Calvino, organized by Giovanna Calvino.The following selection was printed in PEN America 1: Classics.
Salman Rushdie: Italo Calvino’s Imaginary Real
Umberto Eco: Aerial Maneuvers
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CLASSICS MEMOIR
Paul Betts: Flattop for Cherry Hill
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