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Janet Malcolm and Ian Frazier Talk Shop at The New Yorker Festival

Late last month, journalist Janet Malcolm had a conversation with ...

Late last month, journalist Janet Malcolm had a conversation with New Yorker writer Ian Frazier at The New Yorker Festival. Malcolm's writing has been appearing in The New Yorker — as well as in other outlets — for almost 50 years. From her first piece p

Wrestling with Words: Poet Philip Schultz Talks about Dyslexia

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The Call of Things: Jane Bennett Talks About Hoarders at the Vera List Center

“Les chose sont contre nous” ("Things are against us") is ...

“Les chose sont contre nous” ("Things are against us") is the wry slogan of Paul Jennings’ parodic philosophy resistentialism*. But Professor Jane Bennett of Johns Hopkins University doesn’t think so. (*For more on resistentialism, check out: Paul Jennin

Game of Thrones: Sir Peter Hall and Michael Boyd in Conversation

In honor of its 50th birthday, the Royal Shakespeare Company ...

In honor of its 50th birthday, the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) brought together company founder Sir Peter Hall and current Artistic Director Michael Boyd in conversation at the Park Avenue Armory where the RSC is currently in residence.  Their talk w

'Speak the Speech I Pray You': Directors Weigh in on Bringing Shakespeare to the Stage

The second of four panel discussions held in conjunction with ...

The second of four panel discussions held in conjunction with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) residency at The Park Avenue Armory focused on “Directing Shakespeare." David Farr, the RSC's associate director and director of "King Lear" and "The Winter

Talk To Me: A Happy Beginning for Happy Ending

The Happy Ending Music & Reading Series is celebrating a ...

The Happy Ending Music & Reading Series is celebrating a happy beginning. The series performance on June 8 at Joe’s Pub marked the launch of Happy Ending’s partnership with Yaddo, an artists’ working community based in Saratoga Springs, New York. Sta

Talk to Me: New Orleans as Paradox

New Orleans manages to leave a mark, good or bad, ...

New Orleans manages to leave a mark, good or bad, on its tourists, natives, and those who've decided to take up roots there. Most people who visit have a great time, but many can attest to how the city's unique insular culture, history and traditions can

Talk to Me: The PEN World Voices Festival Takes on Corporate Publishing

While PEN is often at the forefront of debates and ...

While PEN is often at the forefront of debates and initiatives to do with the more obvious forms of oppression against writers — isolation, censorship, imprisonment — it is also ready to tackle the more subtle deterrents that plague the publishing indust

Talk to Me: From Russia with Love at the Greene Space

Are you craving a little continental culture? Do you need ...

Are you craving a little continental culture? Do you need a good book recommendation? Both were on offer on Tuesday, April 26, when New York Public Radio's Jerome L. Greene Space hosted a literary salon as part of the 2011 PEN World Voices Festival. The

Talk to Me: China in Two Acts

China watchers and writers Ian Buruma, Yan Lianke, Linda Polman, ...

China watchers and writers Ian Buruma, Yan Lianke, Linda Polman, David Rieff, and Zha Jianying spoke at the PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature about human rights in China at the Great Hall at Cooper Union. Bon mots: Zha Jianying, autho