Q&A: International Noir
Panelists Jakob Arjouni, Natsuo Kirino, Luc Sante, and Paco Ignacio Taibo answer questions from the audience at the event International Noir, part of the 2005 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton Reads from Facing the Lion
Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton delivers a short talk and reads from Facing the Lion: Growing Up Maasai on the African Savanna at Crossing Borders: Universal Themes in Children's Literature, part… More
Cornelia Funke Reads from Inkheart
Cornelia Funke reads the first chapter of her novel Inkheart at the PEN event Crossing Borders: Universal Themes in Children's Literature, part of the 2005 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Short Stories
Etgar Keret, Young-ha Kim, Ingo Schulze, and Abdourahman Waberi discuss short fiction and read their short stories at the PEN event Short Stories, part of the 2008 PEN World… More
Q&A: Crossing Borders
Cornelia Funke and Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton answer questions from the audience at the PEN event Crossing Borders: Universal Themes in Children's Literature, part of the 2005 PEN World Voices… More
Francine Prose on Literature & Power
Francine Prose discusses the responsibilities of the essayist and novelist the event Literature & Power, part of the 2005 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Jessica Hagedorn Introduces Breakout: Voices from Inside
Jessica Hagedorn offers introductory remarks at the 2009 event Breakout: Voices from Inside. More
Bernard-Henri Lévy Discusses Literature & Power
Bernard-Henri Lévy discusses the power of literature and the power of the writer at the event Literature & Power, part of the 2005 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Breakout: Voices from Inside
Mary Gaitskill, Eric Bogosian, Patricia Smith, Jamal Joseph, Marie Ponsot, Lemon Andersen, Sean Wilsey,and Dawud Gonzalez read award-winning work from PEN’s Prison Writing Program, and Jackson Taylor joins Lemon… More
Richard Price Reads “The Burdened Man” by Grace Paley
Richard Price reads "The Burdened Man" at the 2007 event A Tribute to Grace Paley: An Evening of Readings and Remembrance. More