AGENCY TESTIMONY
World Literature Festival and indigenous languages
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NYPL's annual World Literature Festival provides a platform for celebrating indigenous languages and literature. The festival features events and discussions that highlight the diversity of indigenous voices and languages.
- Panel discussions on indigenous languages of the Americas
- Collaborations with New York City-based organizations preserving indigenous languages
- Author talks featuring prominent indigenous writers discussing their work and themes
Jason Baumann
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Since 2021, NYPL has hosted an annual World Literature Festival.
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The first festival featured a virtual panel discussion organized by our curator for Latin American, Iberian, and US Latino studies entitled celebrating indigenous languages of the Americas.
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The event brought together Quechua Collective and the Mixteca Organization, 2 New York City based organizations, who talked about the work in preserving and educating people about indigenous languages of the Americas spoken in New York City.
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This year's World Literature Festival hosted Stephen Graham Jones for an author talk in his novel, My Heart is a Chainsaw.
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The book covers themes such as the indigenous displacement and colonialism among others through the eyes of a half Indian protagonist.
