Martha Southgate Reads “Transparency” by Frances Hwang
Martha Southgate reads "Transparency" by Frances Hwangat the 2008 Beyond Margins Celebration. More
Allison Hedge Coke Reads from Naeem Murr’s The Perfect Man
Allison Hedge Coke reads from Naeem Murr's The Perfect Man at the 2008 Beyond Margins Celebration More
Martin Amis Reads “Graham Greene” from Visiting Mrs. Nabokov
Martin Amis reads "Graham Greene" from his book Visiting Mrs. Nabokov, at the event An Evening Without..., part of the 2006 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Honor Moore Reads from Charter 08 and from the Verdict against Liu Xiaobo
Honor Moore reads from Charter 08, the December 10, 2008 declaration calling for political reforms, greater human rights, and an end to one-party rule in China, and from the… More
E.L. Doctorow Reads from Charter 08 and a Poem by Liu Xiaobo
Doctorow reads from Charter 08, the December 2008 declaration calling for political reforms, greater human rights, and an end to one-party rule in China, and a Liu Xiaobo poem. More
Russell Banks Reads “How Big a Character is Xin” by Hu Shigen
Russell Banks reads "How Big a Character is Xin" by Hu Shigen at the 2008 event Bringing Down the Great Firewall of China: Silenced Writers Speak. More
Jianglin Li Reads “Zhao Ziyang’s Serious Mistake” by Yang Tongyan
Jianglin Li reads "Zhao Ziyang's Serious Mistake" by Yang Tongyan at the 2008 event Bringing Down the Great Firewall of China: Silenced Writers Speak. More
Chinua Achebe: Things Fall Apart
Chinua Achebe reads from Things Fall Apart as part of Faith & Reason: Writers Speak, which took place during the 2006 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Amartya Sen Reads from Identity and Violence
Amartya Sen reads from his book Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny during a conversation with Salman Rushdie at the 2006 PEN World Voices Festival. More
David Cole & Art Spiegelman Read from a Legal Counsel Memo and Detainee Account
David Cole reads an excerpt from a legal memo signed by Jay Bybee relating to the proposed interrogation of Abu Zubaydah, while Art Spiegelman reads excerpts from detainee Abu… More