Hari Kunzru Reads “The Crime and Punishment of Yang Yunbiao, Evictee” by Li Jianqiang
Hari Kunzru reads "The Crime and Punishment of Yang Yunbiao, Evictee" by Li Jianqiang at the 2008 event Bringing Down the Great Firewall of China: Silenced Writers Speak. More
Edward Albee Reads “Nightmare” by Shen Youlian
Edward Albee reads "Nightmare" by Shen Youlian at the 2008 event Bringing Down the Great Firewall of China: Silenced Writers Speak. More
Francine Prose Reads “Days of Illegal Detention” by Li Jianhong
Francine Prose reads "Days of Illegal Detention" by Li Jianhong at the 2008 event Bringing Down the Great Firewall of China: Silenced Writers Speak. More
Rick Moody Reads A Letter from Xinna
Rick Moody reads a letter from Xinna at the 2008 event Bringing Down the Great Firewall of China: Silenced Writers Speak. More
Conversation: A. B. Yehoshua and Leon Wieseltier
A. B. Yehoshua and Leon Wieseltier discuss a lifetime in literature, fact in fiction, writing politics, and atonement, a conversation which took place at the 2008 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio in Conversation with Adam Gopnik
The New Yorker staff writer Adam Gopnik interviews French novelist and essayist Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio during a conversation which took place at the 2009 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Resonances: Writers on the Great Works
Muriel Barbery, Salwa Al Neimi, José Manuel Prieto, and George Packer discuss how writing from the past persists and influences contemporary writers at Resonances: Writers on the Great Works,… More
Coraline, Sandman: Books and Imagination: A Conversation with Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman and Caro Llewellyn discuss imagination, inspiration, and creativity across a dizzying range of genres during a conversation that took place at the 2009 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Muriel Barbery Reads from The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Muriel Barbery reads from The Elegance of the Hedgehog (L'élégance du hérisson) in French at the event Evolution/Revolution, part of the 2009 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Sergio Ramírez Reads from A Thousand Deaths Plus One
Sergio Ramirez reads from A Thousand Deaths Plus One (in Spanish) at the event Evolution/Revolution, part of the 2009 PEN World Voices Festival. More