A.M. Homes Reads from “The Many Aspects of CPC Dictatorship” and from the Verdict against Liu Xiaobo
A.M. Homes reads from "The Many Aspects of CPC Dictatorship" and from the Beijing Municipality First Intermediate Peoples Court verdict against Liu Xiaobo, as part of the 2009 event… More
Don DeLillo Reads from an Article and a Poem by Liu Xiaobo
Don DeLillo reads from the 2006 article "Can it be that the Chinese People Deserve Only 'Party-Led Democracy'" and a poem by Liu Xiaobo, as part of the 2009… More
The Inspired Scientist: Harriet A. Washington
Harriet Washington discusses what it means to be a scientist and the path that led her there, at The Inspired Scientist: A Program for High School Students, part of… More
Translation Slam
Internationally renowned translators test their linguistic mettle against each other in a duel to the translation death at the Translation Slam, part of the 2009 PEN World Voices Festival. More
1,000 Words: The Power of Visual Storytelling
Emmanuel Guibert, David Polonsky, and Shaun Tan, with moderator by Jonathan Ames, discuss using pictures to tell challenging and compelling stories at 1,000 Words: The Power of Visual Storytelling,… More
Irakli Kakabadze Performs a Polyphonic Discourse
Irakli Kakabadze performs a polyphonic discourse at the Fourth Annual PEN Cabaret, part of the 2010 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Jeffrey Yang Accepts the 2009 PEN/Osterweil Award for Poetry
Linda Gregg introduces Jeffrey Yang, who accepts the PEN/Osterweil Award for Poetry at the 2009 PEN Literary Awards Ceremony. More
Ngugi wa Thiong’o: Africa and the World
Ngugi wa Thiong'o speaks at the PEN event Africa and the World: The Writer's Role, part of the 2005 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Richard Brody Accepts the 2009 Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography
Rene Steink introduces Richard Brody, who accepts the Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography at the 2009 PEN Literary Awards Ceremony. More
Green Thoughts: Entire event
Billy Collins, Jonathan Franzen, Moses Isegawa, Pico Iyer, Geert Mak, Marilynne Robinson, Roxana Robinson, Salman Rushdie, Gary Shteyngart, Janne Teller, and Colson Whitehead read from relevant works of fiction… More
Support for the freedom to read with exclusive designs by Todd Parr, Mike Curato, Art Spiegelman, and more!
