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Friday, March 10, 2006

Important News For Writers, Thinkers and Doers

If you care about the written word and live within hailing distance of New York, New York, then you need to read the notice posted below and make every effort to attend.
The New School

Presents

a

Writers-at-Large

Symposium:

"Writers of the Storm: Fake News, and Public Decency, in the Age of Terror"

Writers-at-Large, a California-based writers' advocacy group, and The New School, are delighted to bring you this "Writers of the Storm" forum which will address, among other things, a free press under fire, censorship, what the concept of decency means, who gets to decide that, and why, as well as whether that decision diminishes the power of the pen, the dignity of writers, as well as the importance of diversity of opinion.

Keynote: Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The New York Times, David Cay Johnston. The panel will be moderated by playwright, and KPFK radio's Terrence McNally, and feature panelists Danny Goldberg, CEO of Air America; Arthur Kopit, Paul Robeson, Jr., Anne Waldman; Bob Hershon; and Phil Rockstroh; hosted by poet, and founder, of Writers-at-Large: Jayne Lyn Stahl.

Tuesday, March 28th at 7 p.m., $20

At: Theresa Lang Center, The New School, 55 West 13th Street, second floor (between 5th and 6th Avenues)

To purchase tickets, call box office: (212) 229-5488


Co-sponsored by Writers-at-Large and The New School, with special thanks to Mike Farrell, Death Penalty Focus, Media Alliance, and other friends of Writers-at-Large, as well as the following individuals, and groups, for their support: Stanley Sheinbaum; F. Henning Bauer, M.D.; Tom Bishop, Florence Lacaze Gould Professor of French Literature, N.Y.U.; San Francisco Film Society; Mediabistro.com; The Gershwin Hotel; the Allen Ginsberg Trust; the Fountain Theatre; and the National Coalition Against Censorship.
 


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Thank God SOMEBODY is addressing the death of journalism!!! We are at a very serious crossroads in this country imho... I wish I could attend this seminar. Thanks for posting Joe ~
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