PEN America 11 Launch Party
Where: Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker St., NYC
What time: 6:30–8:30 p.m.
With Paul Auster, Roxana Robinson, and others
Free and open to the public
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Thursday, October 29:Bearing Witness in Chechnya: The Legacy of Natalia Estemirova
Where: Proshansky Auditorium, CUNY Graduate School, 365 Fifth Ave., NYC
What time: 7 p.m.
With Salman Rushdie, Michael Arena, Keith Gessen, Tanya Lokshina, Elena Milashina, and Zarema Mukusheva
Free and open to the public
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Monday, November 9:Breakout: Voices from Inside
Where: WNYC Greene Space, 44 Charlton St., NYC
What time: 7 p.m.
With Mary Gaitskill, Eric Bogosian, John Turturro, Patricia Smith, and others
Tickets: Collaborator: $75/Friend: $50
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ADVOCACY NEWS
Writers Press for Accountability on Torture
Audio, manuscripts, and photos from Reckoning with Torture: Memos and Testimonies from the "War on Terror" are now available online at PEN.org. Listen to Don DeLillo, A.M. Homes, George Saunders, and others read from recently disclosed documents, legal memorandums, and first-hand accounts of government abuse. >> More
More Advocacy News:
• Book Groups Seek Meaningful Reader Privacy Protection in Patriot Act Reauthorization
• PEN Applauds Passage of Congressional Resolution for Liu Xiaobo
• PEN Protests Exclusion From U.S. of German Publisher and PEN Member
UPCOMING EVENTS
Monday, October 26:
PEN America 11: Make Believe Launch Party
Celebrate "make believe"—and writers who make us believe in the worlds of their own creation—with PEN America, PEN's award-winning literary journal. Join recent contributors—including Cynthia Cruz, Said Sayrafiezadeh, and Lynne Tillman—to toast our newest issue, Make Believe; Paul Auster and Roxana Robinson will read. >> More
Thursday, October 29:
Bearing Witness in Chechnya: The Legacy of Natalia Estemirova
Salman Rushdie, Keith Gessen, and others will gather for a night of readings and conversations to honor the legacy of Natalia Estemirova—the award-winning human rights activist and journalist murdered on July 15, 2009—while calling attention to issues of freedom of expression in Russia. >> More
Monday, November 9:
Breakout: Voices from Inside
PEN’s Prison Writing Program will host its second annual benefit reading and reception, featuring readings by Mary Gaitskill, Eric Bogosian, John Turturro, and others. This event will be broadcast and live-streamed, allowing incarcerated men and women with radio and/or internet access to listen to the event. >> More
NEW AT PEN.ORG
Sneak Preview: PEN America 11: Make Believe
Alesksandar Hemon, Cynthia Ozick, Lynne Tillman, and others imagine books they wish they (or someone else) had written; Sigrid Nunez invents an orphanage full of “rapture children”; and Rivka Galchen pretends to be Lydia Davis and Peter Altenberg. Plus new fiction from Brian Evenson; poetry by Christian Hawkey, Marie Ponsot, and Liu Xiaobo—and much more.
>> Sneak Preview
>> Online Forum: tell us what you believe about books—or describe a book you wish existed
2009 Brooklyn Book Festival Podcasts
At this year's Brooklyn Book Festival, PEN produced a series of podcast conversations featuring writers interviewing writers, including Sara Khalili, Libba Bray, and Vadim Yarmolinets.
>> Listen to the conversations
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