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Las Rebeldes: Putinoika
Novelist and playwright Carmen Boullosa presents poet and philosopher Giannina Braschi in the 2025 edition of "LAS REBELDES, Rebel...
read moreBooks at the Institute presents Looking at Women Looking at War. Join Tetyana Teren, Executive Director, PEN Ukraine and Lydia Tomkiw, journalist, for an engaging...
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Sarah Lewis’s latest book, The Unseen Truth: When Race Changed Sight in America, is a masterpiece of historical detective work, uncovering one of the most damaging...
read moreInternational Women Artists’ Salon in collaboration with Poets & Writers presents a reading of Kathryn Fazio’s poetry and workshop, "Write Your Truth", created and...
read moreIn 2005, fashion designer B Michael received a phone call asking if he would be willing to dress Cicely Tyson for a high-octane weekend hosted by Oprah Winfrey. He said yes,...
read morePresented by 192 Books, David Levering Lewis reads from his new book The Stained Glass Window: A Family History as the American Story, 1790–1958 (Penguin Press, 2025...
read moreThe Branches is dedicated to exploring our beliefs, our influences, and our contexts through word and art.Instead of making silos for creative expression,...
read moreAuthor Karen Valby takes us on a journey forged by a pioneering group of five black ballerinas whose sisterhood created a legacy in the dance world, but whose history has been...
read morePresented by 192 Books, Hal Foster in conversation with Ben Lerner to discuss his new book Fail Better: Reckonings with Artists and Critics (MIT Press, 2025). In these...
read moreCOUPLET is a quarterly reading series, produced, curated and hosted by poet Leah Umansky since 2011. It features both emerging and established poets and is co-hosted by The Red...
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