Boris Akunin discusses writing crime fiction in Russia at BenettonTalk Young Writers Series: Mixed Media, part of the 2006 PEN World Voices Festival. More

Maureen Aung-thwin, director of the Open Society Institute's Burma Project/Southeast Asia Initiative, discusses the suppression of free expression in Burma at the 2008 event Reading Burma: A Benefit for… More

Writers and lawyers discuss their work and its relationship to combating torture, as well as the role writers and lawyers play in exposing human rights abuses and reminding nations… More

Siri Hustvedt discusses the recent arrest of comedian, poet and activist Maung Zargana at Reading Burma: A Benefit for Cyclone Relief and Freedom of Expression in Burma. More

Readings and discussion from Venus Khoury-Ghata, Marilyn Hacker, Lisa Katz, Agi Mishol, and Naomi Shihab Nye at the 2006 PEN event Women Poets from the Middle East, part of… More

Chris Abani, Ammar Abdulhamid, Yiyun Li, Greg Palast, and Huang Xiang participate in a panel discussion as part of the 2006 PEN World Voices Festival. More

Isabel Hoving discusses the notion of "home" at the event Leaving Home as a Rite of Passage, part of the 2007 PEN American World Voices Festival. More