Israeli poet Agi Mishol during a visit to the PEN
World Voices Festival, following the publication of
_Look There_ (Graywolf Press) translated by Lisa Katz.
THURSDAY APRIL 27
7:00 PM
Mixed Media: Writers on Their Languages
Boris Akunin , Bernardo Atxaga, Raymond Federman,
Yiyun Li, Agi Mishol, Hwang Sok-Yong, Dubravka Ugresic
Writers are in the service of language itself and the
specific language of their work. Writers in Basque,
Korean, Hebrew, Russian, English, and Serbo-Croatian
will pay tribute to what is unique and specific about
working in each language.
Where: Columbia University Faculty House: 400 West
117th St.
Tickets: Free; (212) 854-1200
Co-sponsors: Benetton, Instituto Cervantes, The
Consulate General of Spain, and The Center for
Literary Translation
SATURDAY APRIL 29
Women Poets From the Middle East
4:00 PM
Venus Khoury-Ghata, Agi Mishol, Naomi Shihab Nye;
moderated by Nathalie Handal
Where: Poets House: 72 Spring St., Second Floor
Tickets: Free; (212) 431-7920
Co-sponsor: Poets House
Dual Citizenship
7PM
Azhar Abidi, Milton Hatoum, Navid Kermani, Elias
Khoury, Agi Mishol, Richard Rodriguez; moderated by
André Aciman
Does a Latino-American navigate two identities
differently from a Lebanese-Frenchman or an
Iranian-German? A cosmopolitan group of writers read
from their works and discuss how living between two
worlds and "multiculturalism beyond the melting pot"
affect their writing.
Where: The King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center at NYU:
53 Washington Sq. South
Tickets: Free; (212) 998-3650
Co-sponsors: New York University, the King Juan Carlos
I of Spain Center at NYU, and Words Without Borders,
an online magazine for literature and translation
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