Stories That Traveled
Wednesday, May 6, 2015, 7:00pm
PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature, NYC
Nuyorican Poets Cafe
236 East 3rd Street
Manhattan
Baba Wagué Diakité, Marilyn Nelson, Nnedi Okorafor
Moderated by: Fatima Shaik
Africa offers rich, exciting, and enduring tales for young U.S. readers. Three authors of books for children and young adults — a storyteller, a poet, and a novelist — reveal the ways the African continent inspires their work and influences their identities as writers. An exploration of craft, archetypes, and dilemmas in writing for young people.
Co-presented with the Nuyorican Poets Cafe.
Tickets: $12 at the door/$10 in advance,
PEN and Nuyorican Poets Cafe Members
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