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

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

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