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Monday, November 14, 2016, noon – 1 p.m. (ET) Book Talk: The Gaza Kitchen: A Palestinian Culinary Journey, featuring Laila El-Haddad and Maggie Schmitt Laila El-Haddad, co-author of “The Gaza Kitchen,” is an award-winning Palestinian writer, activist, and public speaker. She was the Gaza correspondent for Al Jazeera English website and a regular contributor to …
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Tuesday, November 8, 2016, 11 a.m. (ET) Hispanic Reading Room Research Orientation Sign up for our research orientation and learn about the Hispanic Reading Room services and collections. Orientations are offered to the public the second Tuesday of every month from 11 a.m. – noon. Those attending should obtain a Library of Congress Reader Identification …
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Friday, November 4, 2016, noon (Newly Added!) Conversations with African Poets and Writers: Shenaz Patel The Poetry and Literature Center and the African and Middle Eastern Division of the Library of Congress present Conversations with African Poets and Writers: Shenaz Patel. Mauritian writer Shenaz Patel will read selections of her work and participate in a …
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Tuesday, October 25, 2016, noon – 1 p.m. (ET) “The Persian Book Lecture Series” 2016 Focus: Literature and Performing Arts Featuring Lecture: The Return of the Masters: Connections, Contestations, and the Redrawing of Persian Literary History By Dr. Kevin Schwartz, Kluge Fellow at the Library of Congress This program is jointly organized by the Near …
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Tuesday, October 18, 2016, noon – 1 p.m. (ET) “The Persian Book Lecture Series” 2016 Focus: Literature and Performing Arts Featuring Film: Isfahan to Irvine – Documentary Film Screening by Hossein Omoumi, Followed by Q&A This program is jointly organized by the Near East Section of the African and Middle Eastern Division of the Library …
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Tuesday, October 11, 2016, 11 a.m. (ET) HISPANIC READING ROOM RESEARCH ORIENTATION Sign up for our research orientation and learn about the Hispanic Reading Room services and collections. Orientations are offered to the public the second Tuesday of every month from 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.. Those attending should obtain a Library of Congress Reader …
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Wednesday, October 5, 2016, 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. (ET) LECTURE: A SPANISH READING OF HEMINGWAY Douglass LaPradde (University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley) will discuss the rare perspective of Hemingway’s world from a Spanish vantage, including connections to Cuba, but also within the context of a WWI author. Cosponsored by the Hispanic Division, the …
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Wednesday, September 28, 2016, noon Book Talk: “Angel of Oblivion” by Maja Haderlap The European Division, in partnership with the Austrian Cultural Forum and the Embassy of Slovenia, presents Maja Haderlap, prize-winning Austrian-Slovene novelist, poet, playwright, and translator, discussing her novel “Angel of Oblivion.” This novel is inspired by the experiences of Maja Haderlap’s family …
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Monday, September 19, 2016, noon – 1 p.m. Lecture: “The Thirteenth Hour: the poetry of Rivka Basman Ben-Haim, translated from the Yiddish by Zelda Kahan Newman,” a reading and discussion with the translator Rivka Basman Ben-Haim, Israeli award winning Yiddish poet, is one of the last representatives of the golden age of Yiddish poetry. As …
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