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\”Is New York City the Diaspora?\” With André Aciman – New York, NY – 07/14/10

	"Is New York City the Diaspora?" With André Aciman
When	Wednesday, July 14, 2010 8:00pm - All Ages
Where	Museum of Jewish Heritage (map) Edmond J. Safra Plaza 36 Battery Place New York, NY, USA 10280
Other Info	Join Habitus editor Joshua Ellison for a conversation with celebrated author André Aciman. Together we will explore a provocative question: Is New York the Diaspora? With its enormous Jewish population, its centrality to our creativity and culture, and its unparalleled array of option for Jewish living, should we really think of Israel as part of the Jewish Diaspora; or is it just another kind of homeland? André Aciman has chronicled a life’s journey across continents and has also emerged as one of contemporary New York’s most astute literary observers. He writes: “New York is my home precisely because it is a place from which I can begin to be elsewhere…a shadow city.” We will talk to André about being a stranger at home in New York, about the place of the city in his recent work, and what it means to be a Jew here. André Aciman is the author of Out of Egypt and, more recently, Call Me By Your Name and Eight White Nights. He is a Distinguished Professor in Comparative Literature at the Graduate Center of New York. Joshua Ellison is the editor and founder of Habitus: A Diaspora Journal.

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Don’t Forget: Habitus at N.Y.C. Museum of Jewish Heritage Tonight!!

by David Gutherz · 07/14/10

Wondering what to do with your Wednesday? Looking for a change of pace? A little intellectual stimulation, for a change? Well, then, you simply should not miss joining Habitus editor Joshua Ellison for a conversation with celebrated author André Aciman tonight–Wednesday, July 14th–at the Museum of Jewish Heritage as they discuss the provocative question: Is New York the Diaspora?

With its enormous Jewish population, its creativity and culture, and its unparalleled array of options for Jewish living, should we really think of New York City as part of the Jewish Diaspora; or is it just another kind of homeland?

André Aciman has chronicled a life’s journey across continents and has also emerged as one of contemporary New York’s most astute literary observers. He writes: “New York is my home precisely because it is a place from which I can begin to be elsewhere…a shadow city.” We will talk to André about being a stranger at home in New York, about the place of the city in his recent work, and what it means to be a Jew here.

Aciman is the author of Out of Egypt and, more recently, Call Me By Your Name and Eight White Nights. He is a Distinguished Professor in Comparative Literature at the Graduate Center of New York.

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July 14: NYC event with André Aciman

by Habitus · 06/16/10

Is New York City the Diaspora?
A Conversation with Joshua Ellison and André Aciman

July 14, 7pm
Museum of Jewish Heritage
36 Battery Place
New York, NY

Join Habitus editor Joshua Ellison for a conversation with celebrated author André Aciman.

Together we will explore a provocative question: Is New York the Diaspora? With its enormous Jewish population, its creativity and culture, and its unparalleled array of options for Jewish living, should we really think of New York City as part of the Jewish Diaspora; or is it just another kind of homeland?

André Aciman has chronicled a life’s journey across continents and has also emerged as one of contemporary New York’s most astute literary observers. He writes: “New York is my home precisely because it is a place from which I can begin to be elsewhere…a shadow city.” We will talk to André about being a stranger at home in New York, about the place of the city in his recent work, and what it means to be a Jew here.

André Aciman is the author of Out of Egypt and, more recently, Call Me By Your Name and Eight White Nights. He is a Distinguished Professor in Comparative Literature at the Graduate Center of New York.

Joshua Ellison is the editor and founder of Habitus: A Diaspora Journal.

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\”Is New York City the Diaspora?\” – New York, NY – 05/20/10

by Joshua Ellison · 05/20/10

	"Is New York City the Diaspora?"
When	Thursday, May 20, 2010 1:45am - All Ages
Where	JCC in Manhattan (map) 334 Amsterdam Avenue New York, NY
Other Info	Join Habitus editor Joshua Ellison for a provocative conversation at the JCC's all-night Tikkun Leil Shavuot.

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Moscow release party with Ljova & the Kontraband – Brooklyn, NY – 11/21/09

by Joshua Ellison · 11/21/09

	Moscow release party with Ljova & the Kontraband
When	Saturday, November 21, 2009 8:00pm - All Ages
Where	Gowanus Studio Space (map) 166 7th Street (b/w 2nd & 3rd Aves) Brooklyn, NY, USA 11215
Other Info	Come celebrate the launch of our Moscow issue with: Lev Zhurbin: Ljova & the Kontraband Zhurbin, born in Moscow, has been called “one of New York’s fastest-rising composers and instrumentalists.” He has collaborated with artists such as Yo-Yo Ma and Jay-Z. The Kontraband fuses Eastern-European and Gypsy melodies, Latin rhythms, jazz, and classical forms. First 100 people will get a free copy of Habitus 05 : Moscow $10 at the door. www.ljova.com www.habitusmag.com

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Writing from Sarajevo with Habitus – Evanston, IL – 05/19/08

by Joshua Ellison · 05/19/08

	Writing from Sarajevo with Habitus
When	Monday, May 19, 2008 8:00pm - All Ages
Where	Center for the Writing Arts (map) Northwestern University 1860 Campus Drive Crowe Hall 5-155 Evanston, IL 60208
Other Info	An evening of literature from the Bosnian capital, drawn from the pages of Habitus. Two Chicago-based novelists, Aleksander Hemon and Igor Štiks, will read from their work and discuss their native city with Habitus editor Joshua Ellison. Aleksandar Hemon is the celebrated author of The Question of Bruno and Nowhere Man. Hemon was awarded a MacArthur fellowship in 2004. His fiction appears regularly in The New Yorker. Igor Štiks is the author of A Castle in Romagna, which received the Slavic Award for Best First Book. His second novel, Elijah’s Chair, received both the Gjalski Award and the Croatian Kiklop Award for the Best Fiction Book of the Year.