Hurricane

June 20, 2012
Aspen, CO
Aspen Writers' Foundation
With the power of a tropical cyclone, the novels and narratives of Caribbean writers Edwidge Danticat and Orlando Patterson have made a mighty impact: sending forth the stories of the islands and the diaspora, and transforming the authors into accidental ambassadors. Read More

Publishing 20:20

June 20, 2012
Aspen, CO
Aspen Writers' Foundation

E-books make for state-of-the-art reading, but what do they mean for writers? Join three leading publishing professionals as they discuss where the industry is headed and how you can be a part of it.

Talent: Kathleen Anderson . Megan Lynch . Adrienne Brodeur

Exchange 2.0:A Viable Model for Engaging the Other 98% in International Education and Exchange?

June 20, 2012
Washington, DC
Partners for a New Beginning

On June 20, Partners for a New Beginning, the Exchange 2.0 Coalition (iEARN, Global Nomads Network & Soliya) and Community Colleges for International Development convened a discussion at the Aspen Institute to explore how virtual exchanges — technology-enabled, facilitated programs embedded in curricula for cross-cultural education — can be applied to provide US community college students w

Two-Generation Action Learning Network Peer Convening

June 20, 2012 - June 22, 2012
Peachtree, GA
Community Strategies Group

The Community Strategies Group is convening a new action-learning group for the Annie E. Casey Foundation, focused on how on-the-ground programs in six selected urban and rural communities can combat long-term poverty by working with both poor children and their parents at the same time.

Breakfast Book Talk

June 20, 2012
New York, NY
Business and Society Program

Book talk for Lynn Stout's new book, "The Shareholder Myth: How Putting Shareholders First Harms Investors, Corporations and the Public" to be held at the Cornell Club, New York City. Our moderator is Jesse Eisinger, Sr. Reporter at ProPublica and columnist for The New York Times.

Violencia

June 19, 2012
Aspen, CO
Aspen Writers' Foundation
An undeniable shadow of life and literature in Latin America, violence threads throughout the work of talented writers Daniel Alarcón and Francisco Goldman, who artfully, and unsparingly, render the destructive force in their novels. Read More

Developing Your Voice

June 19, 2012
Aspen, CO
Aspen Writers' Foundation
As the protagonist of your own tale, developing a voice that is uniquely yours is the pivot on which the entire story turns. Find out how to navigate this difficult process from two pros of memoir, personal essay, and blogging who give the last word on first-person writing. Read More

Walking the Talk

June 19, 2012
Aspen, CO
Aspen Writers' Foundation
Touching on a deeply personal theme, Gioconda Belli and Rob Spillman discuss what it means to express through poetry the irrepressible longing to live a full, creative, committed life. Read More

Emerson Blake and Urrea

June 19, 2012
Aspen, CO
Aspen Writers' Foundation

Luis Alberto Urrea, in conversation with Orion Magazine, gives the dirt on authenticity: how the ability to find sacredness and dignity in the wastelands is the key to keeping it real – in writing as in life.

Talent: H. Emerson Blake . Luis Alberto Urrea

Youth and Their Choices: Leadership at Cachoeirinha

June 19, 2012
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Aspen Global Health and Development

Mi Tierra

June 18, 2012
Aspen, CO
Aspen Writers' Foundation
Travel the literary length and breadth of Latin America and the Caribbean as the stars of our festival introduce themselves and their home countries by way of a personal story on the theme, “Mi Tierra.” Read More

Rooted in Fiction

June 18, 2012
Aspen, CO
Aspen Writers' Foundation
Two acclaimed fiction authors whose writing is rooted in the areas where they grew up discuss how the characteristics of a certain geography have infused their words with an unmistakable sense of place. Read More

Poetry in Motion

June 18, 2012
Aspen, CO
Aspen Writers' Foundation

Poetry is sneaking into our everyday lives, sometimes without us even realizing it. Three experts give the secret map to motion poems and the other stealth lines to be found in tweets, lyrics, comics, and more.

Talent: Erin Belieu . Brian Laidlaw . Rob Spillman

Hurst Student Seminar-Middle School Great Ideas

June 18, 2012 - June 21, 2012
Aspen, CO
The four-day seminar is dedicated to enhancing leadership, problem solving, and critical thinking skills for eighth grade* students living in the Roaring Fork Valley. (*Students who will be in 8th grade in the 2012-2013 school year.) Our proven method of text-based dialogue offers participants a neutral forum in which to think about what is important to them while gaining a deeper understanding of timeless human values. Read More

Sustainability Revisited: Population, Reproductive Health and the Planet

June 18, 2012
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Aspen Global Health and Development

 

Neither Here, Nor There

June 17, 2012
Aspen, CO
Aspen Writers' Foundation

Join us for special evening honoring the 2012 Aspen Prize for Literature winners, Edwidge Danticat and Luis Urrea. These two celebrated authors, whose lives and work inhabit the world between cultures, will share literary insights into the subjects that are as close to their hearts as they are imbued in their writing: immigration, separation, and yearning.

Aspen Summer Words

June 17, 2012 - June 22, 2012
Aspen, CO
Aspen Writers' Foundation
Established in 1976, Aspen Summer Words (ASW) is a trailblazing festival of words, stories and ideas held each June in Aspen, Colorado. The six-day event celebrates authors in all their glorious guises (novelists, poets, memoirists, journalists, songwriters, filmmakers, comedians, editors, literary agents, and more) during a jam-packed schedule of events designed to spark the imaginations of readers and writers alike. Read More

Aspen Seminar

June 16, 2012 - June 22, 2012
Queenstown, MD

For almost 60 years, this premier roundtable has challenged leaders in every field to think more critically and deeply. The seminar is a unique opportunity to step away from the demands of the present and reflect with other leaders in moderated, text-based Socratic dialogue on the concept of a good and just society: What is it? How does it become a reality?

The Outlook and Cross Currents facing America with the 2012 Presidential, Congressional and State Elections

June 15, 2012
Wye, MD

Stuart Rothenberg of the Rothenberg Political Report, CNN Political Analyst, Roll Call columnist, and Op-Ed Contributor to the Washington Post, New York Times and Wall Street Journal, giving his assessment of The Outlook and Cross Currents facing America with the 2012 Presidential, Congressional and State Elections.

Energizing the Mediterranean Economies: Transitions, Global Competition and the Search for Opportunities

June 15, 2012 - June 16, 2012
Tunis, Tunisia
International Seminar organized in collaboration with IACE – Institut Arabe des Chefs d’Entreprise. Read More

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