Prayer and Meditation ( full audio)
A wish, an invocation, an impassioned plea. For this contemplative evening of meditation, the Festival has commissioned an esteemed assembly of writers and artists from a wide range of… More
PEN World Voices 2015: Armenian Genocide – A Dark Paradigm (audio)
Panelists Ronald Suny, Eric Bogosian, Nancy Kricorian, Maureen Freely, Peter Balakian, Ragip Zarakolu, and Robert Jay Lifton discussed the Armenian artists and writers who were killed at the beginning… More
Prayer and Meditation with Jackie Wang and Alain Mabanckou (audio)
For this contemplative evening, an assembly of writers and artists takes the stage to read their original, deeply personal prayers and meditations. More
Prayer and Meditation: Bob Holman and Salieu Suso (audio)
For this contemplative evening, an assembly of writers and artists takes the stage to read their original, deeply personal prayers and meditations. More
Prayer and Meditation: Sayed Kashua (audio)
For this contemplative evening, an assembly of writers and artists took the stage to read their original, deeply personal prayers and meditations. Featuring Sayed Kashua. More
Africa in Two Acts (audio)
Africa steps into the spotlight for this two-part event, designed to reveal hidden literary and political realities. Act I: Distinguished author and philosopher Achille Mbembe delivers remarks on the… More
Queer Futures (audio)
The burgeoning African gay rights movement is filled with brave artists and activists. Informative and inspirational, this conversation with prominent African writers will survey today's landscape, challenging preconceived ideas… More
2015 World Voices Festival Opening Night: Binyavanga Wainaina (audio)
For this flagship event, speakers gave intelligent, original, humorous, and lyrical insights for what the world will look like in the year 2050. More
2015 World Voices Festival Opening Night: Jackie Wang (audio)
For this flagship event, speakers gave intelligent, original, humorous, and lyrical insights for what the world will look like in the year 2050. More
2015 World Voices Festival Opening Night: Fedor Alexandrovich (audio)
For this flagship event, speakers gave intelligent, original, humorous, and lyrical insights for what the world will look like in the year 2050. More