Lectures, Interviews, Intellectuals

This week, the NYPL Podcast welcomes Marjane Satrapi, the graphic novelist, illustrator, film director, and children's book author who brought us Persepolis. She speaks to NYPL's Paul Holdengraber about the liabilities of learning English from American movies, the intelligence required for a sense of humor, and more.

Marjane Satrapi - Narratives of Social Protest

This week, we honor Pulitzer Prize winner and former US poet laureate Mark Strand, who passed away over the weekend at the age of 80. The beloved poet and author joined us this October to discuss art, imagination, and the life of the mind.

Mark Strand on Artistic Imagination

The bestselling author of “Reading Lolita in Tehran,” a portrayal of the Islamic Revolution in Iran and its effects on one university professor and her students, Azar Nafisi comes to NYPL to celebrate the success of her most recent book, “The Republic of Imagination.” Nafisi joins NYPL’s Paul Holdengraber for a conversation on the importance of literature, freedom, and originality in today’s global society.

Azar Nafisi on the Freedom to Read

Azar Nafisi discusses Czeslaw Milosz and reads his poem “An Honest Description of Myself with a Glass of Whiskey at An Airport, Let Us Say, in Minneapolis” at Czeslaw Milosz and the Conscience of Literature, part of the 2005 PEN World Voices Festival.

Azar Nafisi Reads “An Honest Description of Myself …” by Czeslaw Milosz

[PT] Entrevista com a escritora iraniana Azar Nafisi. Esta entrevista foi realizada por Vanessa Rodrigues, em 2010, no âmbito da Festa Literária Internacional de Paraty, Brasil. 

[ENG] Interview with iranian writer Azar Nafisi. This interviewed was conducted by Vanessa Rodrigues, in Paraty, Brazil, in 2010, in the context of FLIP - Festa Literária Internacional de Paraty, a literary event that gathers worlwide writers. 

Azar Nafisi | the writer of silences

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