Eduardo Galeano with John Leonard
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Wednesday 31 May 2006 7:00 pm |
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Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 West San Francisco Street |
Eduardo Galeano
Eduardo Galeano, born in Montevideo, Uruguay, in 1940 is an essayist, journalist, historian, and activist. Galeano… Read full bio.
John Leonard
John Leonard reviews books every month for Harper’s Magazine and television every week for New York magazine. H… Read full bio.
About this Event
“‘Developing countries’ is the name that experts use to designate countries trampled by someone else’s development.” So says Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan writer and essayist, passionate advocate of human rights and justice, critic of globalization, and one-time political exile to Argentina and Spain. After reading from his work, Galeano joins in conversation with the legendary essayist and critic, John Leonard.
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