Walter Dean Myers at Who Will Speak for the Child?
Walter Dean Meyers discusses the problems that he sees during his visits to juvenile justice facilities across the country at the 2009 PEN event Who Will Speak For The… More
Edward Albee reads Nightmare by Shen Youlian
Edward Albee reads Nightmare by Shen Youlian as part of PEN American Center's Bringing Down the Great Firewall of China event.On the eve of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, PEN… More
Francine Prose reads Days of Illegal Detention by Li Jianhong
Francine Prose reads Days of Illegal Detention by Li Jianhong as part of PEN American Center's Bringing Down the Great Firewall of China event.On the eve of the 2008… More
Jessica Hagedorn reads from A Killing Trip by Tsering Woeser
Jessica Hagedorn reads from A Killing Trip by Tsering Woeser as part of PEN American Center's Bringing Down the Great Firewall of China event.On the eve of the 2008… More
Michael Arena Reads “Thousands of Executioners at Large” by Natalia Estemirova
Michael Arena reads "Thousands of Executioners at Large" by Natalia Estemirova, published in Novaya Gazeta on Jan. 21, 2009, at the event Bearing Witness in Chechnya: The Legacy of… More
Deborah Ellis Reads at Who Will Speak for the Child?
Deborah Ellis reads the story of a young boy whom she met in in the slums of Lusaka, Zambia, and the story of an Iraqi child who is now… More
Reckoning with Torture: David Cole and Art Spiegelman
David Cole reads an excerpt from a legal memo signed by Jay Bybee relating to the proposed interrogation of Abu Zubaydah, while Art Spiegelman reads excerpts from detainee Abu… More
Uzodinma Iweala Reads from Beasts of No Nation
Uzodinma Iweala reads from his novel Beasts of No Nation at the 2009 PEN event Who Will Speak for the Child? More
Reckoning with Torture: Paul Auster Reads from Autopsy Reports of Detainee Deaths
Paul Auster reads from a series of autopsy and death reports of detainees held in U.S. custody in Iraq and Afghanistan, as part of the 2009 PEN event Reckoning… More
Crossing Over: The 2009 Beyond Margins Celebration
Recent Oprah Book Club pick Uwem Akpan (Say Youre One of Them), Juan Felipe Herrera (Half of the World in Light: New and Selected Poems), and Lily Hoang (Changing)… More