DREAMing Out Loud: Visualizing the Stories of Student DREAMers
How do our stories live in our bodies? In this visual project, a group of student DREAMers explores this question's inherent possibilities, using their own creative writing as a… More
Judith Butler on Living with Grief
Judith Butler discusses how expressions of rage and lashing out often reflect inner sorrow at the 2014 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Noam Chomsky on Threats to Humanity
Noam Chomsky addresses the future of humanity and the threats posed by climate change in this clip from the 2014 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Feminist Icon Ani DiFranco Performs at the 2017 PEN World Voices Festival
Watch a performance by Ani DiFranco in this video clip from the opening night of the 2017 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Richard Price and Fran Lebowitz on Gentrification in NYC
Richard Price and Fran Lebowitz share perspectives on the changing dynamics of living in NYC in this video clip from the 2016 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Sam Shepard Reads from Motel Chronicles
Today we share a clip from the 2007 PEN World Voices Festival in which the late, great Sam Shepard reads an excerpt from his short story collection Motel Chronicles. More
Roxane Gay on Diversity in Publishing
In anticipation of the 2018 PEN World Voices Festival, today we share a clip from the 2016 festival in which Hunger author Roxane Gay discusses issues of diversity in… More
We Will Remain Shocked
We are gathered here to assert our right to free speech and defend the rights of others. That is our single and united agenda. And we will defend free… More
The M Word Stories: Safia Elhillo
I choose to be unapologetically Muslim, because I’m tired and bored of apologizing for things that I already am. And so, why stop? More
It Can Happen Here: Free Expression in America
Narrated by Hanya Yanagihara More
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