Reading Burma: Conclusion and Blessing
Salman Rushdie offers concluding remarks to Reading Burma: A Benefit for Cyclone Relief and Freedom of Expression in Burma, and Burmese Monks at the event bestow a blessing on… More
A.M. Homes Introduces the First Half of the PEN Cabaret
A.M. Homes introduces the first half of the PEN Cabaret, part of the 2009 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Cynthia Ozick: Writers, Visible and Invisible
Cynthia Ozick delivered the following speech as part of the 2008 Literary Awards Ceremony. Ozick is the winner of the 2008 PEN/Nabokov Award, which honors a living author for… More
A Tribute to Chinua Achebe
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie talks about growing up against the landscape of Things Fall Apart, as part of PEN's Tribute to Chinua Achebe. More
Anthony Romero Introduces Something to Hide
Anthony Romero, Excecutive Director of the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union), introduces Something to Hide: Writers and Artists Against the Survellance State, part of the 2008 PEN World Voices… More
2008 PEN/Borders Literary Service Award: Toni Morrison
On April 28, 2008, Toni Morrison accepted the PEN/Borders Literary Service Award at the PEN Literary Gala, held at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.… More
Andy Borowitz Introduces The Moth: Award-Winning Storytelling
Andy Borowitz introduces The Moth: Award Winning Storytelling, part of the 2008 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Something to Declare: Introduction
Ron Chernow, Elizabeth Nunez, and Sonia Sanchez offer introductory remarks to Something to Declare: Celebrating Writers of Color. More
Introduction by Jonathan Ames
Jonathan Ames gives an introduction to the 2007 PEN event An Evening With the Moth, part of the 2007 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Victoria Roberts Concludes the PEN Cabaret
Victoria Roberts wraps up The PEN Cabaret, part of the 2007 PEN World Voices Festival. More