EPISODE · Sep 29, 2008
Reading Burma
from Soundings from The New York Review · host The New York Review of Books
On September 23, at Cooper Union's Great Hall, PEN American Center, the Open Society Institute's Burma Project, and the Review cosponsored an evening of readings and conversations, hosted by Salman Rushdie. The event, benefiting the International Burmese Monks Organization, commemorated the 2007 protests against Burma's junta, and called attention to the continuing efforts to assist survivors of Cyclone Nargis.
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On September 23, at Cooper Union's Great Hall, PEN American Center, the Open Society Institute's Burma Project, and the Review cosponsored an evening of readings and conversations, hosted by Salman Rushdie. The event, benefiting the International Burmese Monks Organization, commemorated the 2007 protests against Burma's junta, and called attention to the continuing efforts to assist survivors of Cyclone Nargis.
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