Joel Whitney

Joel Whitney is a founding editor of Guernica: A Magazine of Art and Politics. In 2003, he was awarded a Discovery/The Nation Prize by the 92nd Street Y and The Nation for his poetry.

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Co-founder of Guernica

The PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature in New York City. When PEN announced its 2009 lineup on March 25, festival chairman Salman Rushdie quoted Kevin Costner. Regarding the festival Rushdie had co-founded five years ago, he quipped, If you build it, they will come. He was referring to the lack of international literary festivals in the city prior to PEN's, and the fantastic audiences. It is indeed a treasure. I look forward to the week of fantastic writers from around the world.

1:15 pm, Apr 8, 2009

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