Janne Teller Discusses Nothing

Janne Teller discusses and reads from her youth novel Nothing at the event Leaving Home as a Rite of Passage, part of the 2007 PEN American World Voices Festival. More

This Critical Moment!

In honor of the National Book Critics Circle’s 35th birthday, a panel of critics—Eric Banks, Rigoberto González, Laila Lalami, and Kevin Prufer—provide context and commentary on this year’s World… More

1,000 Words: The Power of Visual Storytelling

Emmanuel Guibert, David Polonsky, and Shaun Tan, with moderator Jonathan Ames, discuss the use of pictures in telling challenging and compelling stories at 1,000 Words: The Power of Visual… More

The Inspired Scientist: Kimiko Hahn

Kimiko Hahn discusses finding inspiration in science and reads poems from Toxic Flora at The Inspired Scientist: A Program for High School Students, part of the 2009 PEN World… More

A Believer Nighttime Event: Panel

The panelists discuss the brain of H. G. Wells, the infrastructure of a good old-fashioned American literary event, the six oaths of the virtuous child, our inevitable biological predisposition… More