Speakers

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    Jonas Hassen Khemiri

    Jonas Hassen Khemiri is the author of six novels, seven plays, and a collection of short stories and essays. His work has been translated into more than…

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    Kimberlé W. Crenshaw

    Kimberlé W. Crenshaw is a pioneering scholar and writer on civil rights, Black feminist legal theory, race, racism, and the law. She was a founder and has…

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    Katie Kitamura

    Katie Kitamura is the author of five novels, most recently Audition and Intimacies, which was named one of The New York Times Ten Best Books of 2021,…

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    Amanda Lee Koe

    Amanda Lee Koe is a writer born and raised in Singapore who has lived in New York, Beijing, Berlin, and Bangkok. Her debut novel Delayed Rays of…

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    Jarrett J. Krosoczka

    Jarrett J. Krosoczka is a New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of more than fifty books for young readers. Over his twenty-five-year career, he has created…

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    Jarosław Kuisz

    Professor Jarosław Kuisz is an essayist writing on democracy, political culture, and the intellectual history of contemporary Europe. He is an Associate at the Oxford School of…

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    Amitava Kumar

    Amitava Kumar is the author of several works of nonfiction and four novels. His latest book, My Beloved Life, was praised by James Wood in the New…

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    Natasha Lehrer

    Natasha Lehrer is a writer and translator whose long-form journalism and book reviews have appeared in The Guardian, The Observer, Times Literary Supplement, The Nation, and Fantastic…

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    Gigi L. Leung

    Gigi L. Leung is a writer of fiction and poetry. Her work was a finalist for the Taipei Literary Award and won a Golden Tripod Award in…

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    Robin Coste Lewis

    Robin Coste Lewis is the author of Voyage of the Sable Venus, her first collection of poetry, which won the National Book Award. The book was also…

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  • A woman with short light brown hair and blue eyes, wearing a dark jacket and patterned scarf, is looking at the camera against a bright pink background.

    Tess Lewis

    Tess Lewis is a writer and translator from French and German. Her translations include works by Walter Benjamin, Ingeborg Bachmann, Peter Handke, and Montaigne. She has been…

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  • A woman with short dark hair and black glasses, wearing a black top, smiles slightly while looking upward, posed against a solid bright blue background.

    Yiyun Li

    Yiyun Li is the author of twelve books of fiction and nonfiction, including, most recently, Things in Nature Merely Grow. She is the recipient of many awards,…

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  • A woman with long dark hair smiles at the camera. She is wearing a white blazer over a floral blouse and gold hoop earrings, standing against a solid bright blue background.

    Summer Lopez

    Summer Lopez is co-Chief Executive Officer of PEN America. She joined the organization in 2017 and previously served as chief program officer, free expression; in that role,…

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    Édouard Louis

    Édouard Louis is the author of The End of Eddy, History of Violence, Who Killed My Father, A Woman’s Battles and Transformations, Change, Monique Escapes, and Collapse,…

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    Alain Mabanckou

    Alain Mabanckou is a novelist, journalist, poet, and academic. A French citizen born in the Republic of the Congo, he currently teaches literature in the Department of…

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  • A person with long black hair and glasses, wearing a dark shirt with a subtle pattern, stands in front of a bright yellow-green background, looking directly at the camera with a neutral expression.

    Megha Majumdar

    Megha Majumdar is the author of the novel A Guardian and a Thief, which was named a finalist for the National Book Award, the Kirkus Prize, and…

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