Terrible Truths: Confronting History and Memory – Literary Mews / Pen World Voices Festival
La Maison Française (NYU) 16 Washington Mews, New York CityA conversation with Daniel Blaufuks, Catherine Filloux, Tanisha Ford, and Domenico Starnone. Moderated by Ulrich Baer. Nations share their official narratives through anthems and textbooks, websites and monuments—but a country’s glorious public story often diverges from the events remembered by its citizens. How do countries shape their evolving histories, and how are the true tales of terrible national tragedies obscured? How…