When: Thursday, May 1
Where: Brooklyn Public Library: Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn
What time: 7 p.m.
With Fatou Diome, Nuruddin Farah, Xiaolu Guo, and Etgar Keret; moderated by Rick Moody
Best-selling novelist Rick Moody will guide the discussion among Fatou Diome, Nuruddin Farah, Xioalu Guo, and Etgar Keret about the settings for their novels and short stories, the places they call home, and where they find refuge; introduced by BOMB's Betsy Sussler.
The Secret Lives of Cities
May 1, 2008 I Instituto Cervantes I New York City
With Yousef Al-Mohaimeed, Juan de Recacoechea, Joshua Furst, and Francisco Goldman; moderated by Matt Weiland
• Juan de Recacoechea reads from American Visa
• Joshua Furst reads from The Sabotage Cafe
• Francisco Goldman reads from The Long Night of White Chickens
Explore the underbellies of four very different cities: novelists Juan de Recacoechea, Yousef Al-Mohaimeed, Francisco Goldman, and Joshua Furst guide us through the alleyways and crime scenes of La Paz, Guatemala City, Riyadh, and Minneapolis.
May 1, 2008 | Joe's Pub | NYC
With György Dragomán, Hasan Elahi, Asli Erdogan, Péter Esterházy, Chenjerai Hove, Irakli Kakabadze, Jenny Marketou, Ivy Meeropol, Francine Prose, and Ingo Schulze
Cosponsored by the American Civil Liberties Union
May 1 | TimesTalk: American Literature Seen From Abroad
When: Thursday, May 1
Where: TheTimesCenter: 242 West 41st St.
What time: 6:30 p.m.
With Yousef Al-Mohaimeed, Ian McEwan, and Binyavanga Wainaina
Award-winning author Ian McEwan (Atonement, On Chesil Beach) and best-selling international authors Yousef Al-Mohaimeed from Lebanon and Binyavanga Wainaina from Kenya discuss the literature that defines the United States.
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