Freedom to Write? Our Obligation to Protect Free Expression
Larry Siems (PEN American Center), Joanne Leedom-Ackerman (International PEN), and Katusha Galitzine (PEN USA) discuss freedom of expression at the 2007 event Freedom to Write? Our Obligation to Protect… More
Larry Siems Introduces George Packer and Ahmed Ali
Larry Siems introduces discussants George Packer and Ahmed Ali at the 2008 event Conversation: George Packer & Ahmed Ali, part of PEN American Center's 2008 Annual General Meeting. More
Conversation: Philip Roth & Ben Taylor
Philip Roth and Ben Taylor discuss the powerful imprint of growing up, incorporating the larger narratives of history into novels about family, grief and humor, and more during a… More
Conversation: Gregory Rabassa, Edith Grossman, and Michael F. Moore
Gregory Rabassa, Edith Grossman, and Michael F. Moore discuss magical realism and the problem with "isms"; the overwhelming influence of Cervantes; President Clinton's favorite book; disastrous moments in translation,… More
Introduction by Mike Roberts and Françoise Mouly
Mike Roberts and Françoise Mouly introduce the 2005 event Foreign Exchanges: Art Spiegelman & Marjane Satrapi. More
Conversation: Art Spiegelman & Marjane Satrapi
The authors in conversation at the 2005 event Foreign Exchanges: Art Spiegelman & Marjane Satrapi. More
Salman Rushdie Reads from The Satanic Verses
Salman Rushdie reads from The Satanic Verses at Faith & Reason, part of the 2006 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Idols & Insults: Writing, Religion, and Freedom of Expression
Writers from several countries discuss the shifting and increasingly perilous terrain surrounding art and religion at Idols & Insults: Writing, Religion, and Freedom of Expression, part of the 2006… More
Conversation: Azhar Abidi & Monique Truong
Conversation between Azhar Abidi & Monique Truong at the BenettonTalk Young Writers Series, part of the 2006 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Conversations in the Library: Amartya Sen & Salman Rushdie
Amartya Sen and Salman Rushdie discuss transcultural migration, Indian verbosity, the recent or not-so-recent invention of Indian identity, freedom's economic components, class similarities in the victims of Hindu/Muslim violence,… More