Archive: Announcements
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“When they come for the poets” by Rabih Alameddine Published in The Washington Post
Lannan Visiting Chair Rabih Alameddine recently wrote an op-ed piece about the killing of Palestinian poet Refaat Alareer and the arrests of poets through the ages. Read "When they come for the poets
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Lannan Visiting Lecturer Toper Folarin Introduces Edwidge Danticat at the PEN/Malamud Award Ceremony
On December 1, 2023, Lannan Visiting Lecturer Tope Folarin introduced Edwidge Danticat at the PEN/Malamud Award Ceremony in which Danticat was honored. Watch the ceremony here.
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Lannan Visiting Lecturer Tope Folarin Has Three Book Reviews Published in The Atlantic This Year
Lannan Visiting Lecturer Tope Folarin reviewed three books this year in The Atlantic: Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez, Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead, and Blackouts by Justin Torres.
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Lannan Center Director Aminatta Forna Launches New Podcast with Beyond Borders Scotland
Aminatta Forna, the director of the Lannan Center, recently launched the Beyond Borders Scotland Podcast, co-hosted by Mark Muller Stuart and Oscar Guardiola-Rivera.
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Lannan Center Director Aminatta Forna Writes Lead Review for Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Latest Novel “Afterlives”
Read “Prelude to Empire” by Aminatta Forna.
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Lannan Center Director Aminatta Forna Gives Opening Keynote Alongside Wole Soyinka at the NYU Accra ‘Reclaiming the Narrative’ Symposium
On October 19th, 2023, Lannan Center director Aminatta Forna gave the opening keynote speech at the ‘Reclaiming the Narrative’ symposium at NYU Accra in Accra, Ghana.
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Lannan Center Director Aminatta Forna To Give Keynote Speech for the Writers Unlimited Festival in The Hague
On January 18th, 2024, Lannan Center Director Aminatta Forna will give the keynote speech at the Writer Unlimited Festival in The Hague, Netherlands. The festival, themed "Human Voices," aims to unit
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Lannan Center Director Aminatta Forna Writes a Review of Scholastique Mukasonga’s “Kibogo”
Read "Kibogo by Scholastique Mukasonga review – crisis in colonial Rwanda" by Aminatta Forna. "Kamanzi, our sub-chief, came to take away our children.” So begins a trail of misfortune that befalls
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Lannan Visiting Lecturer Tope Folarin reviews “The Life and Times of Hannah Craft” by Gregg Hecimovich
Read “The years-long search for an enslaved author’s true identity” by Tope Folarin in The Washington Post.
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