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| | State of Emergency: Censorship by Bullet in Mexico
Tickets: $15/$10 for PEN Members and students with valid ID. Visit smarttix.com or call (212) 868-4444. | | An Evening in Solidarity
with Mexican Journalists
When: Tueday, October 19
Where: The Great Hall, Cooper Union,
7 E. 7th Street, New York City
What time: 7 p.m.
With readings by Paul Auster, Jon Lee Anderson, Don DeLillo, Laura Esquivel, José Luis Martínez, Francine Prose, Jose Zamora, and poets Víctor Manuel Mendiola and Luis Miguel Aguilar
Followed by a conversation with Carmen Aristegui (CNN en Español) and Adela Navarro Bello (Tijuana-based magazine Zeta); moderated by Julia Preston (The New York Times) |
At least eight journalists have been murdered in Mexico in 2010 alone, and many more have been kidnapped, threatened, or disappeared. Still, in towns and cities throughout the country, journalists are daily defying Mexico's "censorship by bullet" to expose critical truths. Renowned Mexican and American journalists and authors come together for an evening of readings and conversation to call attention to the silencing of Mexican journalists trying to investigate drug-related violence in their country, especially on the U.S./Mexico border.
Co-presented by PEN American Center, the PEN Club de México, and the Committee to Protect Journalists. Co-sponsored by The Cooper Union and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
Press Contacts:
Isabelle Deconinck: (212) 727-7662
David Haglund: (212) 334-1660, ext. 115 |
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