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Home > 12/6/06

The Writer’s Conscience:
Remembering Anna Politkovskaya & Russia’s Forgotten War
The Writer’s Conscience:<br>Remembering Anna Politkovskaya & Russia’s Forgotten War

December 6, 2006 | CUNY Graduate Center | New York City

This event will be rebroadcast on BookTV on Saturday, January 13 at 2:30 p.m. EST.

Featuring readings from renowned Russian journalist and author Anna Politkovskaya's work and a conversation about the costs of an ongoing but forgotten war.

With Musa Klebnikov, Kati Marton, Dana Priest, Francine Prose, David Remnick, Katrina vanden Heuvel, and Natalia Estemirova from "Memorial" Human Rights Center.

(Left: From the film Democracy on Deadline)

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LISTEN
Complete event (1:11:20)

LISTEN TO SEGMENTS

Introduction: David Nasaw & Larry Siems (5:01)
Welcome and prologue to A Small Corner of Hell: Dispatches from Chechnya

Katrina Vanden Heuvel (7:39)
“Conversations in the Kitchen,” from A Small Corner of Hell

Musa Klebnikov (8:25)
“My Hours Inside the Moscow Theater,” Novaya Gazeta, October 31, 2002

Dana Priest (7:44)
“I Am a Pariah,” published posthumously in The Guardian

Kati Marton (7:19)
“The Unfinished Article,” published posthumously in Novaya Gazeta

Conversation: David Remnick & Natalia Estemirova (24:40)

Francine Prose (9:24)
“Viktoria and Aleksandr,” from A Small Corner of Hell


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