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Laurie Anderson, Wallace Shawn, et al. Set for PEN World Voices Festival

Wallace Shawn
(© Joseph Marzullo/Retna)
Wallace Shawn
(© Joseph Marzullo/Retna)

The PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature, to take place April 25-May 1 in various venues in New York City, has announced its line-up, according to The New York Times.

Theater-related highlights include readings by playwright/performer Wallace Shawn and a celebration of poetry curated by Laurie Anderson and featuring Antony and the Johnsons.

Additional participants in the festival will include Malcolm Gladwell, Salman Rushdie, Wole Soyinka, Edmund White, and Jianying Zha.