Written Arts Program, Russian/Eurasian Studies Program, OSUN, Literature Program, Human Rights Project, German Studies Program, and Africana Studies Program Present

Out of Place: Three Writers on Fiction, Language, Exile, and Utopia

This event brings together in person on the Bard campus in Annandale three esteemed writers—Nuruddin Farah, Ilija Trojanow, and Aleksandar Hemon—to read from and discuss their work. As suggested by the titles North of Dawn (Farah) and Nowhere Man (Hemon), all three writers are concerned in their work with questions of place and displacement, of cultural difference and shared humanity, and of what Trojanow in his recent work calls “utopian narratives.” Each also has deep personal and professional connections to more than one language, and together they comprise a knowledge of literatures that is truly stunning in its diversity, including works composed in Arabic, Bulgarian, German, Serbo-Croation, and Somali, among other languages. All three authors are also active in a plurality of genres and media, which taken together includes novels, short stories, criticism, plays, film and television scripts, and music. On this evening, they will read and discuss their work and explore common concerns and points of difference, and will invite the audience to join in the conversation

---

For more information, call 845-758-7142, or e-mail bartsche@bard.edu.

Time: 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm EDT/GMT-4

Location: Campus Center, Weis Cinema

Subscribe: Save this Event: Subscribe / .ics File