Events 2009
Writers Take Over the American Center
Comics artists Gilbert Shelton (second from left),Aline Crumb and Robert Crumb (right) with moderator Max Rudin. Photo Prague Writers' Festival
June 16, 2009
During the Prague Writers Festival, the American Center hosted two events with notable writers and cartoonists. On Wednesday June 10th three renowned poets discussed politics, identity and culture. Coming from very diverse regions and backgrounds, American Anne Waldman, Palestinian Mourad Barghouti and Chinese Yang Lian were able to connect on topics such as the role of poetry in contemporary art, and their own experiences as refugees from the mainstream and, in the case of Mr. Barghouti and Mr. Lian, also from their homelands.
You can watch the entire conversation in English here.
On June 11 the topic was quite different as the American Center welcomed three very influential underground comics artists – Gilbert Shelton, Aline Kominsky-Crumb and her husband Robert Crumb, who is considered to be the founder of the underground comics genre.
To watch this conversation, click here.
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