Wayne Koestenbaum Reads from “The Job Application,” “Dostoevsky’s Idiot,” and “The Robber”
Wayne Koestenbaum reads from "The Job Application," "Dostoevsky's Idiot," and "The Robber" at the event A Tribute to Robert Walser, part of the 2008 PEN World Voices Festival. More
The Secret Scripture: Introduction by Roxanne Coady
Roxanne Coady offers introductory remarks to a conversation which took place at the 2009 PEN World Voices Festival. More
The Secret Scripture: Sebastian Barry in Conversation with Roxanne Coady
Sebastian Barry and Roxanne Coady discuss what sort of communities can evolve between authors, their works and readers during a conversation which took place at the 2009 PEN World… More
Sebastian Barry Reads from The Secret Scripture
Sebastian Barry reads from The Secret Scripture during a conversation which took place at the 2009 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Péter Esterházy Reads from Total Fears: Letters to Dubenka by Bohumi Hrabal
Péter Esterházy reads from Total Fears: Letters to Dubenka by Bohumi Hrabal at Something to Hide: Writers and Artists Against the Surveillance State, part of the 2008 PEN World… More
Hasan Elahi Reads from Citizen Suarez by Guillermo Verdecchia
Hasan Elahi reads from Citizen Suarez by Guillermo Verdecchia at the event Something to Hide: Writers and Artists Against the Surveillance State, part of the 2008 PEN World Voices… More
Deborah Eisenberg Reads from The Long Night of Francisco Sanctis by Humberto Constantini
Deborah Eisenberg reads from The Long Night of Francisco Sanctis by Humberto Constantini at Something to Hide: Writers and Artists Against the Surveillance State, part of the 2008 PEN… More
Conversation: Ian McEwan & Steven Pinker
Ian McEwan & Steven Pinker discuss conversation and the rules of engagement; the treatment of underlings; mutual knowledge vs. innuendo; “seeing one’s etchings”; ritual and primitive emotion; transacting intimate… More
Conversation: Flora Drew, Xiaolu Guo, and Ma Jian
A conversation with Flora Drew, Xiaolu Guo, and Ma Jian (moderated by Dedi Felman) at the event Olympic Voices: A Celebration of New Literature From China, part of the 2008 PEN… More
Gomorrah: Infiltrating the Mafia
When Roberto Saviano decided to investigate the Neapolitan mafia and write a book about its illegal activities, he never believed he would have an international best-seller on his hands,… More