Obsession: Jennifer Boylan on Lost Loves
...or rather lost love. One love. One particular past relationship, from her high school years, which has carved out an enduring nook in author and LGBT activist Jennifer Finney… More
Literary Quartet: Two on Two Q&A
Notable editors Christopher Bollen and Brigid Hughes have a knack for identifying (and then publishing) first-rate literature. At this exciting session, they spoke with writers well known in their… More
Creativity and Craft in Asylum Q&A
How do themes and style change when a writer is exiled? Who does an exiled writer write for? How do such things as native language, time in exile, and… More
Michael Cunningham in Conversation with Janna Levin
Authors Michael Cunningham and Jenna Levin in conversation about their writing careers and the inspiration behind their work, as well as readings from The Hours and A Madman Dreams… More
PEN Talks with Roxana Robinson
PEN America Editor Antonio Aiello talks to Roxana Robinson about her novel, Cost. More
PEN Talks with Susan Rosenberg
As part of PEN Talks, a weekly reading and conversation series, Susan Rosenberg reads from and discusses her novel An American Radical: A Political Prisoner in My Own Country. More
Saïd Sayrafiezadeh in Conversation with Sam Lipsyte
PEN Member Saïd Sayrafiezadeh reads from his new collection of short stories, Brief Encounters with the Enemy, followed by a Q&A with fellow PEN Member Sam Lipsyte. More
All That’s Left to You: Palestinian Writers in Conversation
For the first time, PEN brings together a panel of leading Palestinian writers to talk about their place in the global literary community. From Palestine and from the diaspora,… More
The Invisible Symposium
Modeled on a 1947 project of the Hungarian art movement called the European School, the Invisible Symposium asks sixteen public intellectuals across the globe some of the most burning… More
James Risen & Philip Gourevitch in Conversation
From a 2006 PEN Event, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist James Risen speaks with former Paris Review editor Philip Gourevitch about the importance of a free press, the demagoguery of 9/11,… More
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