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Home > 4/27/06

Exiles in America
Exiles in America

April 27, 2006 | Columbia University Faculty House | New York City

With Chris Abani, Ammar Abdulhamid, Yiyun Li, Greg Palast, and Huang Xiang; moderated by Michael Scammell.

Discussed: mental suicide; the dynamics and burden of guilt; the courage scale in international censorship; exiled writers vs. exiled writing; negotiating authenticity from a multinational identity; the marginalization of the Internet; and the universal appeal of the exiled writer.

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