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PEN World Voices Festival: The Literary Mews

Global bazaar meets county fair. Discover a world of literature, performances, and music in NYU’s beautiful Washington Mews and its International Houses and Institutes.

All events are free and open to the public. For detailed information visit: as.nyu.edu/page/literarymews

6:30 pm
Opening of La Frontera: Artists Along the U.S.-Mexican Border
With: Stefan Falke

Opening of La Frontera: Artists Along the U.S.-Mexican Border.

12:00 pm
Washington Mews
With: Édgar Javier Ulloa, ERRO Grupo, Hector Canonge, Isaque Ribeiro, Jarana Beat, Polina Porras

Performances on the Mews by Édgar Javier Ulloa, ERRO Grupo, Hector Canonge, Isaque Ribeiro, Jarana Beat, Polina Porras.

2:00 pm
Diasporic Fragments, Repeating Islands: Finding Shorty Bon Bon
With: Willie Perdomo

A poetry master class with Puerto Rican poet and PEN/Beyond Margins Award winner Willie Perdomo.

4:00 pm
The Language of War
With: Solmaz Sharif, Jennifer Tamayo

The Language of War, with poet and activist Jennif(f)er Tamayo (YOU DA ONE, 2014) and poet Solmaz Sharif (LOOK, Graywolf Press, 2016).

4:00 pm
Literary Conversations

Literary Conversations (Authors to be announced)

5:00 pm
Creative Writing in Spanish Program
With: Cristina Rivera-Garza, Irene Gruss

Poetry Reading and Conversation with award-winning Mexican novelist Cristina Rivera-Garza and Irene Gruss.

5:00 pm
CantoMundo
With: David Campos, Willie Perdomo, Natalie Scenters-Zapico

CantoMundo—the national organization that cultivates a community of Latina/o poets—presents a reading by David Campos, Willie Perdomo and Natalie Scenters-Zapico.

5:00 pm
Conversation and Performance

Conversation and Performance (Authors to be announced)

5:30 pm
Reading and Conversation with Monique Schwitter
With: Monique Schwitter

Reading and Conversation with Deutsches Haus’s writer-in residence, Monique Schwitter, winner of the 2015 Swiss Book Prize.

5:30 pm
In Conversation: Glenn Patterson and Juan Villoro
With: Glenn Patterson, Juan Villoro

Writers Glenn Patterson of Northern Ireland and Juan Villoro of Mexico talk about the complexity of working in geographic areas known for violence.

7:00 pm
Closing Party

Closing panel and party

7:00 pm
A Reading by Contributors to the Washington Square Review
With: Amy Hempel, Tommy Pico

A reading by contributors to the NYU Creative Writing Program’s nationally distributed literary journal, Washington Square Review, featuring acclaimed fiction writer Amy Hempel and poet Tommy Pico











When: Fri., Apr. 29, 2016 at 7:00 am - 7:00 pm

Global bazaar meets county fair. Discover a world of literature, performances, and music in NYU’s beautiful Washington Mews and its International Houses and Institutes.

All events are free and open to the public. For detailed information visit: as.nyu.edu/page/literarymews

6:30 pm
Opening of La Frontera: Artists Along the U.S.-Mexican Border
With: Stefan Falke

Opening of La Frontera: Artists Along the U.S.-Mexican Border.

12:00 pm
Washington Mews
With: Édgar Javier Ulloa, ERRO Grupo, Hector Canonge, Isaque Ribeiro, Jarana Beat, Polina Porras

Performances on the Mews by Édgar Javier Ulloa, ERRO Grupo, Hector Canonge, Isaque Ribeiro, Jarana Beat, Polina Porras.

2:00 pm
Diasporic Fragments, Repeating Islands: Finding Shorty Bon Bon
With: Willie Perdomo

A poetry master class with Puerto Rican poet and PEN/Beyond Margins Award winner Willie Perdomo.

4:00 pm
The Language of War
With: Solmaz Sharif, Jennifer Tamayo

The Language of War, with poet and activist Jennif(f)er Tamayo (YOU DA ONE, 2014) and poet Solmaz Sharif (LOOK, Graywolf Press, 2016).

4:00 pm
Literary Conversations

Literary Conversations (Authors to be announced)

5:00 pm
Creative Writing in Spanish Program
With: Cristina Rivera-Garza, Irene Gruss

Poetry Reading and Conversation with award-winning Mexican novelist Cristina Rivera-Garza and Irene Gruss.

5:00 pm
CantoMundo
With: David Campos, Willie Perdomo, Natalie Scenters-Zapico

CantoMundo—the national organization that cultivates a community of Latina/o poets—presents a reading by David Campos, Willie Perdomo and Natalie Scenters-Zapico.

5:00 pm
Conversation and Performance

Conversation and Performance (Authors to be announced)

5:30 pm
Reading and Conversation with Monique Schwitter
With: Monique Schwitter

Reading and Conversation with Deutsches Haus’s writer-in residence, Monique Schwitter, winner of the 2015 Swiss Book Prize.

5:30 pm
In Conversation: Glenn Patterson and Juan Villoro
With: Glenn Patterson, Juan Villoro

Writers Glenn Patterson of Northern Ireland and Juan Villoro of Mexico talk about the complexity of working in geographic areas known for violence.

7:00 pm
Closing Party

Closing panel and party

7:00 pm
A Reading by Contributors to the Washington Square Review
With: Amy Hempel, Tommy Pico

A reading by contributors to the NYU Creative Writing Program’s nationally distributed literary journal, Washington Square Review, featuring acclaimed fiction writer Amy Hempel and poet Tommy Pico

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