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HIGHLIGHTS



Salman Rushdie Reads "Wild Garlic Gatherers" by Natalia Estemirova



Reckoning with Torture: Memos and Testimonies from the "War on Terror"



Iran: A Conversation About the Elections, Protest, and the Future



The Fourth Annual Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture by Nawal El Saadawi

Conversation: Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio & Adam Gopnik

Coraline, Sandman: Books and Imagination—A Conversation with Neil Gaiman

Evolution/Revolution

The Voyage of the Reader: Using Children’s Books to Create a Love of Reading

CONVERSATIONS

Iran: A Conversation About the Elections, Protest, and the Future

The Fourth Annual Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture by Nawal El Saadawi

Conversation: Enrique Vila-Matas & Paul Auster

Conversation: Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio & Adam Gopnik

Coraline, Sandman: Books and Imagination—A Conversation with Neil Gaiman

Revolutionary Writers: Yoshihiro Tatsumi in Conversation with Adrian Tomine

READINGS

Sophie Auster & Barry Reynolds Perform at the PEN Edmont Holiday Benefit

Jacqueline Jones LaMon Reads at the PEN Edmont Holiday Benefit

Sebastian Junger at the PEN Edmont Holiday Benefit

Writers Rally for Liu Xiaobo

Breakout: Voices from Inside

Crossing Over: The 2009 Beyond Margins Celebration

Reckoning with Torture: Memos and Testimonies from the "War on Terror"

Bernardo Atxaga Reads "Life According to Adam" and Other Poems

Bernard Comment Reads "Among the Generals" by Antonio Tabucchi

Petina Gappah Reads "My Cousin-Sister Rambanai" from An Elegy for Easterly

Mariken Jongman Reads from Rits

Michael Ondaatje Reads from Anil's Ghost

Daniel Sada Reads "The Ominous Phenomenon"

Hwang Sok-Yong Reads from The Old Garden

Colm Tóibín Reads from Brooklyn

Evolution/Revolution

Raja Shehadeh Reads from Forays Into a Vanishing Landscape

Nicole Brossard Reads from Fences in Breathing

Jose Dalisay Reads from Soledad's Sister

Sergio Ramirez Reads from A Thousand Deaths Plus One

Narcís Comadira Reads "Triumph of Life"

Salman Rushdie Reads from Shalimar the Clown

Sufjan Stevens Performs "Concerning The UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois"

Saul Williams Performs "Telegram"

Saul Williams Performs "Black Stacey"

Saul Williams Performs "Said the Shotgun to the Head"

Toni Morrison Discusses Freedom of Expression and the Writer's Role

Sam Shepard Reads from Motel Chronicles, Part Two

Saul Williams Performs "Coded Language"

Sam Shepard Reads from Motel Chronicles, Part One

Philip Gourevitch Discusses the Writer's Responsibility in Reporting on Tragedy

Philip Gourevitch Discusses the Danger of Neutrality in Reporting on Genocide

PANEL DISCUSSIONS

Breakout: Voices from Inside: Lemon Anderson & Jamal Joseph

The Voyage of the Reader: Using Children’s Books to Create a Love of Reading

1,000 Words: The Power of Visual Storytelling

The Economic Crisis and How to Deal with It

TRIBUTES

DEFIANCE: The Spirit of '89

ON FREE EXPRESSION IN CHINA

Hari Kunzru Reads "The Crime and Punishment of Yang Yunbiao, Evictee" by Li Jianqiang

Edward Albee Reads "Nightmare" by Shen Youlian

Li Jianqiang Gives an Acceptance Speech on Behalf of Yang Tongyan

Jessica Hagedorn Reads "A Killing Trip" by Tsering Woeser

Francine Prose Reads "Days of Illegal Detention" by Li Jianhong

Liu Xiaobo Discusses Freedom of Expression in China

Martha Southgate Reads "The Fear in Lhasa, as Felt in Beijing" by Tsering Woeser

Chime Dolma Reads "On the Subject of Silence and Speaking Out" by Tsering Woeser

Rick Moody Reads A Letter from Xinna

WRITERS AGAINST TORTURE

Scott Horton Discusses the Importance of Examining Government Misconduct Since 9/11

Elisa Massimino Discusses the Writer's Role in Dealing with Torture

Scott Horton Discusses the Need to Create a Commission of Inquiry

Elisa Massimino Discusses How to Reclaim the Language Used to Describe Torture

Anouar Benmalek Discusses Interviewing Tortured Algerians

Jane Mayer Discusses Writing About Torture

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