Halfdan Freihow Reads from Dear Gabriel
Halfdan Freihow reads from his novel Dear Gabriel at the event Reading the World, part of the 2008 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Janet Malcolm Reads from Two Lives
Janet Malcolm reads from her book Two Lives at the event Reading the World, part of the 2008 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Francesc Serés Reads a Story in Catalan and English
Francesc Serés reads a story in Catalan and English at the event Reading the World, part of the 2008 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Reading the World
Peter Carey, Halfdan Freihow, Janet Malcolm, and Francesc Serés gather to read their work at the event Reading the World, part of the 2008 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Irakli Kakabadze Reads “Information Highway Song” by Guram Urtkmelidze
Irakli Kakabadze Reads "Information Highway Song" by Guram Urtkmelidze at Something to Hide: Writers and Artists Against the Surveillance State, part of the 2008 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Ian McEwan Reads from a Novel-in-Progress
Ian McEwan reads from a selection from his “pre-fiction,” the writing he does before he produces a novel. This particular piece came out of his attempt to write a… More
Bringing Down the Great Firewall of China: Silenced Writers Speak on the Eve of the Olympics
On August 7, the eve of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, PEN American Center honored the more than 40 writers and journalists currently being held in Chinese prisons for exercising… More
Colum McCann Reads “The Second Coming” by William Butler Yeats
Colum McCann reads "The Second Coming" by William Butler Yeats and discusses Yeats, Achebe, and interconnectivity at PEN's Tribute to Chinua Achebe. Read the transcript below. More
Suheir Hammad Reads “break (clustered)”
Suheir Hammad reads her poem "break (clustered)" at the 2008 event A Tribute to Chinua Achebe. More
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