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
Ishmael Beah Reads from A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
Ishmael Beah reads from A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier at Youth on the Frontlines, part of the 2007 PEN World Voices Festival. More
2008 Prison Writing Contest: A Reading
Marie Ponsot, Sapphire, Jackson Taylor, Michael Keck, Ennis Smith, Steven Hobbs, and Claudia Menza read from the winning works, as well as diaries entries and letters submitted by incarcerated… More
Hari Kunzru Reads ?The Crime and Punishment of Yang Yunbiao, Evictee? by Li Jianqiang
Hari Kunzru reads ?The Crime and Punishment of Yang Yunbiao, Evictee? by Li Jianqiang at the 2008 event Bringing Down the Great Firewall of China: Silenced Writers Speak. More
Marie Ponsot Reads Poems by 2008 Prison Writing Award Winners
Marie Ponsot reads Yvette Louisell's "Prison Eulogies," Joe Ricky Knight's "An Escape Artist" and "What I Did on the Twenty-Fourth of January," and Zachary Redfearne's "Cookies" at 2008 Prison… More
Salman Rushdie Reads from Shalimar the Clown
Salman Rushdie reads from his novel Shalimar the Clown at Evolution/Revolution, part of the 2009 PEN World Voices Festival. More
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