Participants:  Ricardo Cortés, Cobina Gillitt, Adam Mansbach, Murat Nemet-Nejatand, and others. Moderated by Dale Peck.

Every language has its own unique flair when it comes to using curse words. But what effect—and what challenges—does this pose to literary writing and translation? Using Adam Mansbach and Ricardo Cortés’s international bestseller Go the F**k to Sleep as an entry point, this panel of writers and translators will explore the swear words we use and how they affect what we read. Come to this panel where no words will be bleeped out.  For more information: http://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6458/prmID/2206

The Eighth Annual PEN World Voices of International Literature
New York City, April 30-May 6, 2012

*Martin Amis, Margaret Atwood, Paul Auster, Michael Cunningham, E. L. Doctorow, Jennifer Egan, Aleksandar Hemon, Etgar Keret, Tony Kushner, Philipe Levine, Claire Messud, Herta Müller, Francine Prose, Salman Rushdie, Luc Sante, Marjane Satrapi, Sonia Sanchez, Ludmilla Ulitskaya, Kronos Quartet, Elevator Repair Service, *and many more -- 100 writers from 25 nations convene in New York to celebrate the power of the written word in action. Engage with literature in bold and unexpected ways and discover how words can be amplified through music, theater, puppetry, film, and much more. The program features performances, discussions, one-on-one conversations, and readings at venues crisscrossing the city, from Harlem to Wall Street, including the festival hubs -- The Standard, New York; The Standard, East Village; and the High Line.

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