Writing for an Audience
Adam Gidwitz, Gary Golio, Nora Raleigh Baskin, and Rita Williams-Garcia discuss censorship and imagining an audience at the PEN event Writing Dangerously. More
János Térey Reads “In the Box on the Stairs”
János Térey reads "In the Box on the Stairs" during a poetry reading which took place at the 2009 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Working Day: Solitude and Community
Art-making demands quiet, solitude—perhaps even loneliness. Yet, the literary imagination also thrives in community. How do writers negotiate these competing needs, for the pure aloneness in which a singular… More
Uwe Kolbe Reads from Sailor’s Home
Uwe Kolbe Reads from Sailor's Home during a poetry reading which took place at the 2009 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Salman Rushdie Reads from The Enchantress of Florence
Salman Rushdie reads from The Enchantress of Florence at Opening Night: Written on Water, part of the 2011 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Fuad Rifka Reads Translations of His Work
Faud Rifka reads "A Vision", "Civilization", "Hiroshima", "At Night the Sun Also Rises", "August 2, 1984" and "you know that the faraway mountains are always faraway" during a poetry reading which took… More
Edgar Oliver Performs at The Moth: PEN World Voices
Edgar Oliver tells a story on the theme "What Went Wrong?" at The Moth at PEN World Voices, part of the 2011 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Mark Z. Danielewski and Rick Moody in Conversation
Mark Z. Danielewski and Rick Moody in conversation at PEN World Voices 2009. More
Eve Ensler Reads from a Speech by George W. Bush
Eve Ensler, best-selling author and acclaimed playwright, reads from a speech by George W. Bush commemorating the United Nations Day in Support of Victims of Torture, as part of… More
George Saunders Reads Statement by Khaled El-Masri
George Saunders reads the statement of German citizen Khaled El-Masrim, an innocent victim of the CIA's extraordinary rendition program, as part of the 2009 PEN event Reckoning with Torture:… More
Support for the freedom to read with exclusive designs by Todd Parr, Mike Curato, Art Spiegelman, and more!
