PEN Podcast: Bad Women, When Women Break the Rules
Today's podcast celebrates 49 years since the National Organization of Women published its Statement of Purpose with contemporary writers depicting the private lives of women caught in the crosshairs… More
PEN Podcast: Zadie Smith Reads from On Beauty
Our PEN Podcast features Zadie Smith reading from her novel "On Beauty" at the 2006 PEN World Voices Festival. More
PEN Podcast: Bravery In Poetry – Edward Hirsch on Joseph Brodsky
Joseph Brodsky, a Russian and American poet and essayist expelled from the Soviet Union in 1972, won the Nobel Prize in Literature 28 years ago today. Listen to Edward… More
PEN Podcast: Reading of Liu Xia’s Poetry
Writers read the poetry of Liu Xia, who has been under extralegal house arrest since her husband, fellow poet and activist Liu Xiaobo won the Nobel Peace Prize in… More
PEN Podcast: Lisa Appignanesi Reads from the Final, Unfinished Column of Anna Politkovskaya
Russian journalist, writer, and human rights activist Anna Politkovskaya was assassinated in October 7, 2006. Today's #PENpodcast honors Anna Politkovskaya by featuring Lisa Appignanesi reading from her final unfinished… More
PEN Podcast: Russell Banks Reads “The Virtue of Disloyalty” by Graham Greene
Graham Greene was denied entry to the United States because of his short stint as a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain. As we celebrate Greene's birthday… More
PEN Podcast: Philip Fried Reads from the New American Poetry Anthology
The New American Poetry Anthology 1945 was banned in Colorado because of poems like Gergory Corso's "Marriage." In honor of Banned Books Week, the PEN podcast features Philip Fried… More
Rachel Eliza Griffiths Reads The Bluest Eye
Rachel Eliza Griffiths reads and excerpt from Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye. More
PEN Podcast: Claire Donato reads “Ave Maria” by Frank O’Hara
Frank O'Hara's collection Lunch Poems was banned from English classes at Aurora High School in 1976 for its sexual content. In celebration of this year's Banned Books Week, this… More
PEN DIY With Marisa Marchetto – How To Use Death As Your Life Coach
In her presentation for the PEN DIY, “How to Use Death as Your Life Coach,” graphic novelist and The New Yorker cartoonist Marisa Marchetto discusses how coming face to… More