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World Nomads: Talks
Writing Out Loud

With Fatou Diome & Pam Muñoz Ryan

Saturday, May 3, 2008 at 5pm

In May, FIAF launches World Nomads, a series that examines the cross-cultural exchange of ideas, artistic expression, and style. This transcultural journey begins in contemporary Africa bringing artists together for engaging programs considering Africa's cultural impact on France and the rest of the world.

Does storytelling beget storytellers? Does hearing fables as children make us want to create our own as adults? Awardwinning children’s book author Pam Muñoz Ryan (U.S.) and bestselling novelist Fatou Diome (Senegal) share their thoughts on what shapes writers. From remote corners of the globe, both have traced their literary inspiration to the same source: the stories their grandmothers told them as young girls. Between oral tradition and the written word, folklore and literature, two writers come together to unearth the dynamics of creativity.

In English

Le Skyroom
22 East 60th Street

Ticket Price
FIAF Members $8
Non-Members $12

 

Co-presented with the
PEN World Voices Festival

Image:
Pam Muñoz Ryan ©Sean Masterson;
Fatou Diome ©Fatou Diome
 

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