Prayer and Meditation ( full audio)
A wish, an invocation, an impassioned plea. For this contemplative evening of meditation, the Festival has commissioned an esteemed assembly of writers and artists from a wide range of… More
PEN World Voices 2015: Armenian Genocide – A Dark Paradigm (audio)
Panelists Ronald Suny, Eric Bogosian, Nancy Kricorian, Maureen Freely, Peter Balakian, Ragip Zarakolu, and Robert Jay Lifton discussed the Armenian artists and writers who were killed at the beginning… More
Prayer and Meditation (full video)
For this contemplative evening, an assembly of writers and artists took to the stage to read their original, deeply personal prayers and meditations. More
Writing Gender (video)
A panel of venerated African authors and editors goes beyond the clichés to address the role of gender in the creation of art. More
Armenian Genocide: A Dark Paradigm (full video)
This panel discusses the Armenian Genocide—a glimpse into the darkest regions of the human soul—and its significance as a “dark paradigm” for later attempts by governments to silence writers… More
2015 PEN World Voices Festival: Ninety Minutes, Three Minds (video)
Moderated by Vanity Fair staff editor Anderson Tepper, these conversations get up close with three top African writers: Adéwálé Àjàdí (Nigeria), activist and author of the hit play Abyssinia;… More
Prayer and Meditation with Jackie Wang and Alain Mabanckou (audio)
For this contemplative evening, an assembly of writers and artists takes the stage to read their original, deeply personal prayers and meditations. More
PEN World Voices Festival: A Night of Prayer and Meditation
The desired effect—of evoking a religious service—was, by my accounting, achieved. As I sat, I felt my pulse slow. The setting, and the task at hand—giving ourselves over to… More
The Tubman Sisterhood
Not only was Donya about to become Egypt’s first woman president, she was also openly bisexual and a poet, the perfect antidote to decades of hypermasculine Egyptian politics. More
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