Memoir and Memory with Luc Sante (video)
A panel of brilliant, envelope-pushing memoirists examines what happens when the most intimate details of a writer’s life become the subject of his or her professional work. More
Memoir and Memory with Michael Ondaatje (video)
A panel of brilliant, envelope-pushing memoirists examines what happens when the most intimate details of a writer’s life become the subject of his or her professional work. More
Memoir and Memory with Tracy K. Smith (video)
A panel of brilliant, envelope-pushing memoirists examines what happens when the most intimate details of a writer’s life become the subject of his or her professional work. More
The Search for the Literary Tribe, By Adewale Ajadi
I wondered, when I was invited by PEN America to be part of the group of African writers at their World Voices 2015 Festival in New York, whether I… More
A Conversation: Richard Flanagan with Claire Messud (video)
Australia’s leading novelist, Richard Flanagan, makes his first U.S. appearance since his novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North, a harrowing account of his father’s time in a… More
Memoir and Memory (full video)
Where does memory end and imagination begin? Autobiographical writing has occupied many of the most eloquent minds of our time. A panel of brilliant, envelope-pushing memoirists examines what happens… More
Risky Talking (video)
Piper Kerman, whose memoir Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison was adapted into an Emmy- and Peabody Award-winning original series for Netflix, and Donna… More
2015 Translation Slam (video)
What happens when a poem migrates into another language, not just once but twice? Find out when poets, translators, and audience square off in a smart and spirited exchange… More
Edwidge Danticat: On Something Else (video)
In this life, there's work, and then there's...something else. In this rare public appearance, celebrated author Edwidge Danticat reflected on her "something else" —something that has contributed to her… More
Edwidge Danticat: On Something Else (video)
In this life, there's work, and then there's...something else. In this rare public appearance, celebrated author Edwidge Danticat reflected on her "something else" —something that has contributed to her… More
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