Illicit love is the subject of these internationally celebrated authors who have dared to cross religious, cultural, and gender taboos.  With internationally celebrated authors Dorit Rabinyan (Israel), Sarah Ladipo Manyika (Nigeria/Great Britain), Shani Mootoo (Trinidad/Canada), and Pajtim Statovci (Finland). Presented as part of PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature.

Join more than 150 writers and artists from 40 different nations as the PEN World Voices Festival celebrates the transcendent power of literature to enable people to see beyond their differences with conversations, readings and workshops taking place throughout New York City. With Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Patti Smith, Salman Rushdie, Teju Cole, and others.