Global bazaar meets county fair at this third annual festival within the Festival. Discover a world of literature and music in NYU’s beautiful Washington Mews and its international houses and institutes.

All events are free and open to the public

7:00 PMPrelude to the Literary Mews: Thursday, May 7th – The New Salon: Poets in Conversation
Yona Harvey, Charif Shanahan, Afaa Weaver, Yona Harvey and Afaa Weaver in conversation with Charif Shanahan.
10:30 AMWriters Workshop: Liberty in All Its Forms
RSVP required: www.nyuafricahouse.org
Véronique Tadjo – A poetry workshop with Véronique Tadjo.
12:00 PMOpening Panel: Discussing Diaspora
RSVP required: www.irelandhouse.fas.nyu.edu
Eric Banks, Rashidah Ismaili, Cormac James, Abdourahman Waberi, Kerry Young, Rashidah Ismaili, Cormac James, Abdourahman Waberi, Kerry Young, and others discuss their thoughts on the diaspora. Moderated by Eric Banks.
12:00 PMOutdoors: On the Mews, 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM Literary Magazine and Book Fair on the Mews
1:00 PMOnstage – 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM,  African musical performance
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM German musical performance
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Dan Neely (Mandolin, Tenor Banjo) and Friends Perform Traditional Irish Tunes
1:15 PMAfrican Musical Workshop: The Art of Storytelling through Music
RSVP required: www.nyuafricahouse.org
2:00 PMA Conversation with Jean-Christophe Rufin
RSVP required: maison.francaise@nyu.edu; (212) 998-8750
Jean-Christophe Rufin – Prize-winning novelist, historian, former ambassador to Senegal, and one of the
founders of Doctors Without Borders, Jean-Christophe Rufin discusses his latest
novel, The Red Collar, dealing with war and its aftermath.
3:00 PMReading and Lecture with Abdourahman Waberi
Abdourahman Waberi – Novelist, poet, essayist, and academic Abdourahman Waberi, originally hailing from Djibouti, reads from his work.
4:00 PMNew Voices in North African Poetry
Deborah Kapchan – A program of readings performed by North African poets with English translation,
moderated by Professor Deborah Kapchan, performance studies, anthropology, and Middle Eastern and Islamic studies, NYU.
4:00 PMAfro-Asian Mixtapes: Overlapping Literary Diasporas in the Caribbean
RSVP required: www.apa.nyu.edu/events
Gaiutra Bahadur, Ifeona Fulani, Kerry Young – This session will highlight literary intersections between Asian and African diasporas in the Caribbean, with writers and scholars Gaiutra Bahadur (Coolie Woman), Kerry Young (Pao and Gloria), and Ifeona Fulani (Ten Days in Jamaica).
5:00 PMDiscussing Another Country: South Africa’s New Portraits
RSVP required: deutscheshaus.rsvp@nyu.edu
Reiner Leist, Hlonipha Mokoena – A conversation between photographer Reiner Leist and Hlonipha Mokoena, professor of anthropology at Columbia University.
5:00 PMPoetry Reading
Amaud Jamaul Johnson, Parneshia Jones, Ladan Osman – Amaud Jamaul Johnson, Parneshia Jones, and Ladan Osman will read from their work.
5:00 PMCormac James Launches The Surfacing
RSVP required: www.irelandhouse.fas.nyu.edu
Cormac James