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WLP Publishing Series Presents: Cuba and the Embattled Book
February 15, 2017 | 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
The Emerson College WLP Department presents “Cuba and the Embattled Book: Examining censorship, the U.S. embargo, and the future for writers and publishers.”
Panelists:
DR. SARA E. COOPER, editor, Cubanabooks Press; professor, Spanish and Multicultural & Gender Studies, California State University, Chico.
KEN FUND, president and CEO, Quarto Publishing Group USA; member, February 2016 U.S. publishing mission to Cuba.
DARIEL SUAREZ, author; head of faculty and curriculum, GrubStreet
Moderated by ALDEN JONES, author; WLP senior af liated faculty member; co-founder, Cuba Writers Program.
Refreshments will be offered at 5:30 p.m.
Did You Know?
Certain books were “banned in Boston” at least as far back as 1651, when one William Pynchon wrote a book criticizing Puritanism.