The event was held to raise awareness on the ideological exclusion of intellectuals, performed by the United States under the McCarran Internal Security Act. Activist Patricia Derian explains how this Act is performed and authors including John Irving, Arthur Miller, William Styron, and Susan Sontag read from works of authors who were barred from entering the United States: Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Julio Cortázar, Carlos Fuentes, Pablo Neruda, and others.
