Participants:  Mark Greif, Sarah Leonard, Sarah Resnick, Nikil Saval; Moderated by Keith Gessen

What has Occupy Wall Street done—and what it is doing now? With these questions in mind, the Occupy! Gazette sprang out of the first weeks of the Wall Street Occupation to present an early analysis of the movement’s development and is, as explained on the publication’s Kickstarter page: “an attempt to begin to think through what is happening, written by people both on the ground and across the river.” Occupy! Gazette founders will discuss their inspiration for the publication and the challenges of writing about Occupy Wall Street as it unfolds, considering both the movement in its current form and its potential.  For more information: http://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6426/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.

www.pen.org/festival