Mary Gaitskill Reads “Kitchen Workers” by Gail Leonard
Mary Gaitskill reads Gail Leonard's "Kitchen Workers," second place winner for fiction in PEN's 2007 Prison Writing Contest, at the 2009 event Breakout: Voices from Inside. More
Robert Faggen Reads “To Mrs. Professor in Defense of My Cat’s Honor and Not Only” by Czeslaw Milosz
Robert Faggen reads "To Mrs. Professor in Defense of My Cat's Honor and Not Only" by Czeslaw Milosz at Czeslaw Milosz and the Conscience of Literature, part of the… More
Sean Wilsey Reads an Excerpt from “LIVE! From Texas Death Row!” by Christopher Best
Sean Wilsey reads an excerpt from Christopher Best's "LIVE! From Texas Death Row!", first-place winner for essay writing in PEN's 2005 Prison Writing Contest, at the 2009 event Breakout:… More
Edward Hirsch Reads “Gift” by Czeslaw Milosz
Edward Hirsch reads "Gift" by Czeslaw Milosz at Czeslaw Milosz and the Conscience of Literature, part of the 2005 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Patricia Smith Reads “Just Another Death” by Christina MacNaughton
Patricia Smith reads Christina MacNaughton's "Just Another Death," first-place winner for memoir in PEN's 2007 Prison Writing Contest, at the 2009 event Breakout: Voices from Inside. More
Azar Nafisi Reads “An Honest Description of Myself …” by Czeslaw Milosz
Azar Nafisi discusses Czeslaw Milosz and reads his poem “An Honest Description of Myself with a Glass of Whiskey at An Airport, Let Us Say, in Minneapolis” at Czeslaw Milosz… More
Eric Bogosian Reads a Second Excerpt from “LIVE! From Texas Death Row!” by Christopher Best
Eric Bogosian reads a second excerpt from Christopher Best's "LIVE! From Texas Death Row!", first-place winner for essay writing in PEN's 2005 Prison Writing Contest, at the 2009 event… More
Paco Ignacio Taibo on Leonardo’s Bicycle
Paco Ignacio Taibo discusses his novel Leonardo's Bicycle at the PEN event International Noir, part of the 2005 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Luc Sante Reads from Dirty Snow by George Simenon
Luc Sante reads from Dirty Snow by George Simenon at the PEN event International Noir, part of the 2005 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Staceyann Chin Performs “Feminist or Womanist”
Staceyann Chin performs "Feminist or Womanist" at Author to Author, part of the 2006 PEN World Voices Festival. More