Gary Barker
(1961, US) is a child psychologist, human rights activist and writer, who has spent his career working in Latin and Central America to prevent and overcome violence, for instance in the slums of Rio de Janeiro. He has published several works of nonfiction, including Dying to be Men: youth, masculinity and social exclusion (Routledge, 2005). Barker's literary debut was Luisa's last words, a love story at the time of the civil war in Guatemala. Now there is a new novel by the author politically engaged. He recently published How the lights get in, a novel about sexual violence against women, situated in Congo, a country devastated by conflict and war.
Past events
Let's talk about Sex
Linda Christanty and Gary Barker speak about sex and violence. Both wrote about it in their literary work. Christanty in Indonsia, Barker in Congo and Latin America. Interview by Petra Stienen. In English. Gary Barker replaces the Chinese Geling Yan, who for health reasons not perfom today. She will be peforming on Saturday night.
