The Three Musketeers Reunited
Umberto Eco, Salman Rushdie, and Mario Vargas Llosa; in conversation with Leonard Lopate at the event The Three Musketeers Reunited: Umberto Eco, Salman Rushdie, and Mario Vargas Llosa, part… More
Conversation: Philip Roth & Ben Taylor
Philip Roth and Ben Taylor discuss the powerful imprint of growing up, incorporating the larger narratives of history into novels about family, grief and humor, and more during a… More
Conversation: Gregory Rabassa, Edith Grossman, and Michael F. Moore
Gregory Rabassa, Edith Grossman, and Michael F. Moore discuss magical realism and the problem with "isms"; the overwhelming influence of Cervantes; President Clinton's favorite book; disastrous moments in translation,… More
Conversation: Art Spiegelman & Marjane Satrapi
The authors in conversation at the 2005 event Foreign Exchanges: Art Spiegelman & Marjane Satrapi. More
Panel Discussion: Dreadful Lies/Peculiar Truths
Susan Campbell Bartoletti, Robert Lipsyte, and Vera B. Williams discuss the moral responsibility to tell the truth, resources vs. didacticism, respecting your readers, and more during a PEN panel discussion. More
Conversation: George Packer & Ahmed Ali
PEN Board Member and author George Packer speaks with Iraqi translator Ahmed Ali about the Iraqi refugee crisis at the 2008 event Conversation: George Packer & Ahmed Ali, part… More
Conversation: Azhar Abidi & Monique Truong
Conversation between Azhar Abidi & Monique Truong at the BenettonTalk Young Writers Series, part of the 2006 PEN World Voices Festival. More
BenettonTalk Young Writers Series: Azhar Abidi & Monique Truong
A discussion between Azhar Abidi and Monique Truong and a reading by Bruce MacVittie from Abidi's novel Passarola Rising at the BenettonTalk Young Writers Series, part of the 2006… More
Fabrications
Henry James said that “the terrible whole of art is free selection.” And that’s one of the thrilling things about your work, for me, just seeing where you find… More
Conversation: Etgar Keret & George Saunders
Conversation between Etgar Keret and George Saunders at the Benettontalk Young Writers Series, part of the 2006 PEN World Voices Festival. More