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  •   Reading and Dance Performance with Teju Cole and Nora Chipaumire   Dancer Nora Chipaumire presented “Dark Swan” and an excerpt from her Bessie Award-winning “Chimurenga” proceeded by a reading […] 0

    Nora Chipaumire and Teju Cole

      Reading and Dance Performance with Teju Cole and Nora Chipaumire   Dancer Nora Chipaumire presented “Dark Swan” and an excerpt from her Bessie Award-winning “Chimurenga” proceeded by a reading […]

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  •   “Queer Subjects and Human Rights in East Africa”   Keguro Macharia is a Kenyan literary critic and theorist, and an Assistant Professor of English Language and Literature at the […] 0

    Keguro Macharia

      “Queer Subjects and Human Rights in East Africa”   Keguro Macharia is a Kenyan literary critic and theorist, and an Assistant Professor of English Language and Literature at the […]

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  •   Fiction and Poetry Reading   Emmanuel Boundzéki Dongala is a Congolese chemist and novelist. He is currently Richard B. Fisher Chair in Natural Sciences at Bard College at Simon’s […] 0

    Emmanuel Dongala, Billy Kahora, and Nnedi Okorafor

      Fiction and Poetry Reading   Emmanuel Boundzéki Dongala is a Congolese chemist and novelist. He is currently Richard B. Fisher Chair in Natural Sciences at Bard College at Simon’s […]

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  •   Reading and Book Signing with Nnedi Okorafor   Nnedi Okorafor is the author of the critically acclaimed novel Who Fears Death (a Nebula Award Nominee and Tiptree Honor Book). […] 0

    Nnedi Okorafor

      Reading and Book Signing with Nnedi Okorafor   Nnedi Okorafor is the author of the critically acclaimed novel Who Fears Death (a Nebula Award Nominee and Tiptree Honor Book). […]

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  •   “Comics and Journalism”   Joe Sacco is an extraordinary comic artist and journalist, who has traveled to many parts of the world to do his research. In the early […] 0

    Joe Sacco

      “Comics and Journalism”   Joe Sacco is an extraordinary comic artist and journalist, who has traveled to many parts of the world to do his research. In the early […]

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  •   Francine Masiello works on topics related to Latin American literature of the 19th and 20th centuries, gender theory, and comparative North/South literatures. Her books include Lenguaje e ideología: los […] 0

    Francine Masiello

      Francine Masiello works on topics related to Latin American literature of the 19th and 20th centuries, gender theory, and comparative North/South literatures. Her books include Lenguaje e ideología: los […]

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  •   Jennifer Bajorek writes and does research on diverse topics in literature and philosophy and in the history and theory of photography. Her publications include Counterfeit Capital (Stanford, 2009), an […] 0

    Jennifer Bajorek

      Jennifer Bajorek writes and does research on diverse topics in literature and philosophy and in the history and theory of photography. Her publications include Counterfeit Capital (Stanford, 2009), an […]

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  •   “Amerixa (a Report from the Border)”   Ed Vulliamy is a British journalist and writer. His mother is the children’s author and illustrator Shirley Hughes and his grandfather the […] 0

    Ed Vulliamy

      “Amerixa (a Report from the Border)”   Ed Vulliamy is a British journalist and writer. His mother is the children’s author and illustrator Shirley Hughes and his grandfather the […]

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  •   “A Foreigner Carrying in the Crook of His Arm a Tiny Bomb”   Amitava Kumar is an Indian writer and journalist who is Professor of English on the Helen […] 0

    Amitava Kumar

      “A Foreigner Carrying in the Crook of His Arm a Tiny Bomb”   Amitava Kumar is an Indian writer and journalist who is Professor of English on the Helen […]

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  •   Jeremy Scahill is the National Security Correspondent for The Nation magazine and author of the international bestseller Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army, which won […] 0

    Jeremy Scahill

      Jeremy Scahill is the National Security Correspondent for The Nation magazine and author of the international bestseller Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army, which won […]

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