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Literary Voices

Wednesday, May 2
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

The TimesCenter
242 West 41st St. NYC

Tune in here to watch the live webcast on Wed, May 2 at 6:30 PM ET.

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Don’t miss these internationally acclaimed authors in conversation with A.O. Scott of The New York Times: Martin Amis (“The Pregnant Widow” and the upcoming “Lionel Asbo: The Sate of England”), Margaret Atwood (“The Blind Assassin,” “The Year of the Flood”) and E.L. Doctorow (“Ragtime,” “Homer & Langley”). Their original essays about literature and world affairs will appear in the New York Times Sunday Review the same week.
In collaboration with PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature.

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Mr. Amis’s photo by Isabel Fonseca

  • Margaret Atwood
  • E.L. Doctorow
  • Martin Amis

A Conversation with Mike Nichols

Monday, May 7
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

The TimesCenter
242 West 41st St. NYC

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Hear Mike Nichols—one of very few people ever to score the grand slam of major American entertainment awards, an Oscar, four Emmys, eight Tonys and a Grammy—talk about directing his current Broadway play, Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman,” and his career on stage and screen. Mr. Nichols directed, among others, the Broadway plays “Barefoot in the Park,” “The Odd Couple,” “The Real Thing” and “Spamalot”; the award-winning TV series “Angels in America”; and some of the most iconic films in American cinema, including “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” “The Graduate,” “Catch 22,” “Carnal Knowledge” and “Silkwood.”

Tickets: $35

Mr. Nichols’s photo by Ida Astute.

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Alanis Morissette Talks with Jon Pareles

Tuesday, June 19
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

The TimesCenter
242 West 41st St. NYC

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Multiple Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette talks with The New York Times chief pop music critic, Jon Pareles, about her music and her eighth album, to be released in June. Catch her in New York before her tour of Europe and the UK this summer.

Tickets: $30

Ms. Morissette’s photo by Williams and Hirakawa 2012

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