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SUMMARY:Who Belongs? Stories Against a Narrowing World (PEN America World Voices Festival 2026)
DESCRIPTION:Globally\, political and cultural forces are aligning to narrowly define national identities. Surging book bans\, the outlawing of languages\, the erasure of histories from official records\, and the censorship of words increasingly limit who belongs and delineate who is other. Literature subverts that. \nFor the festival’s closing night event\, PEN America President Dinaw Mengestu will convene prominent international writers to discuss how literature champions a diversity of cultures and reflects the multiple heritages\, customs\, and traditions we all carry. Joining Mengestu in this vital conversation are Tash Aw (The South)\, Susan Choi (Flashlight)\, Patricia Smith (The Intentions of Thunder)\, and Madeleine Thien (The Book of Records).  \nCART caption is provided at this event. Captioning is being provided\, in part\, by a grant from NYSCA/TDF TAP Plus
URL:https://macaccess.org/program/who-belongs-stories-against-a-narrowing-world-pen-america-world-voices-festival-2026/
LOCATION:Judson Memorial Church\, 55 Washington Square S\, New York\, 10012\, United States
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SUMMARY:In the Shadow of Ivory Towers: The Enduring Appeal of Dark Academia (PEN America World Voices Festival 2026)
DESCRIPTION:The hallowed halls of academia have long captured the imaginations of writers. With their exclusivity\, insularity\, and at times cultish devotion to knowledge\, they lend themselves to richly drawn atmospheres of darkness and mystery and incisive explorations of access\, adolescence\, and power. \nIn Naomi Novik’s Scholomance series\, magically gifted students fight not to become prey to the monsters that lurk in the school’s shadows. In Mónica Ojeda’s Jawbone (tr. Sarah Booker)\, it is the students themselves who are the monsters\, and a school for the daughters of Ecuador’s elite becomes a breeding ground for cultish violence. And in Elisabeth Thomas’s Catherine House\, it just might be the prestigious institution itself that poses the biggest threat. \nJoin these authors in conversation with writer and editor Christina Orlando as they unpack what drew them\, and what draws us\, again and again\, to the evergreen genre of dark academia. \nCART caption is provided at this event. Captioning is being provided\, in part\, by a grant from NYSCA/TDF TAP Plus.
URL:https://macaccess.org/program/in-the-shadow-of-ivory-towers-the-enduring-appeal-of-dark-academia-pen-america-world-voices-festival-2026/
LOCATION:Judson Memorial Church\, 55 Washington Square S\, New York\, 10012\, United States
CATEGORIES:Visitors Who Are Deaf,Visitors with Hearing Loss
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250503T180000
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SUMMARY:Closing Night – Under Siege: The Perils of Journalism in an Age of State Repression
DESCRIPTION:Around the world\, journalists are facing unprecedented attacks as governments crack down on press freedoms. From outright censorship to threats and arrests\, reporters are increasingly at risk for doing the vital work of informing the public. \nJoin Indian journalist Rana Ayyub of The Washington Post\, George Packer of the Atlantic\, and Filipina trauma journalist Patricia Evangelista of Rappler as they sit down with PEN America’s interim Co-CEO and Chief Program Officer\, Free Expression\, Summer Lopez\, for an urgent conversation about the escalating dangers journalists face when governments target the press. This discussion will explore how government repression not only silences and endangers the media\, but also emboldens other dangerous actors who feel that they too have the license to threaten\, harass and attack journalists with impunity. \nThis event will have CART Captioning. Patricia Evangelista will be joining virtually.
URL:https://macaccess.org/program/closing-night-under-siege-the-perils-of-journalism-in-an-age-of-state-repression/
LOCATION:Judson Memorial Church\, 55 Washington Square S\, New York\, 10012\, United States
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SUMMARY:Writing as Resistance
DESCRIPTION:In times of political upheaval\, displacement and erasure\, writing becomes a powerful tool of resistance. Join Uyghur poet and memoirist Tahir Hamut Izgil (Waiting to Be Arrested at Night) and Iraqi American poet Dunya Mikhail (Tablets: Secrets of the Clay) as they discuss how their writing challenges dominant political narratives and preserves stories of displacement\, exile and perseverance. \nIn his memoir Waiting to Be Arrested at Night\, Tahir Hamut Izgil documents the Chinese government’s persecution of the Uyghur people and his time in a labor-camp. In Dunya Mikhail’s poetry collection Tablets: Secrets of Clay\, she explores the memories and legacies of her families’ exile from Iraq while looking back at Iraqi history. Moderated by novelist Mojgan Ghazirad (The House on Sun Street)\, this panel will delve into the urgency of documenting personal and collective experiences and how the act of writing both engenders change and urges us towards a future of complex understanding.
URL:https://macaccess.org/program/writing-as-resistance/
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