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Happy Endings: Joe's Pub NYC 11th January
I'm on the bill at Joe's pub for the Happy Endings show on Wednesday 11th January, with my good friend Adam Rapp. Also Diane Williams and music from Ian Axel. The theme is apparently 'the familiar, the weird'. I'm assuming Adam's the weird. I'm going to try not to be too familiar. Hope to see you there.
A Funeral For Psychoanalysis: Friday 13th January 2012
Shanghai, Istanbul Oct-Nov 2010
I'll be in Shanghai 20th-25th October at Get It Louder! which is "China's most influential and closely-watched exhibition of emerging young talent across creative disciplines". Not sure what they mean by 'closely-watched' but Ai Weiwei will be there. Liu Xiaobo won't.
18th November at 92nd Street Y, 21st at Miami Book Fair: Doctors Without Borders
If you're in New York on 18th November, come along and support Doctors Without Borders/Medecins San Frontieres.
Mob attacks Arundhati Roy's house Oct 31st 2010
[This message from Arundhati Roy arrived in my inbox this morning. The allegation that the news media is colluding with those orchestrating the violence is extremely serious and requires a response.]
Statement from Arundhati Roy re possible sedition charge October 26th 2010
[I was just forwarded this by Pankaj Mishra. In Srinagar Roy shared a stage with Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Shah Gilani. a report from the Economic Times is here.





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