A Prayer for Rockers
Rock music inspires achievement, struggle, action. It thunders in the stadium—We will rock you!—and sends us out on the field cheering, ready to play the Super Bowl. A better… More
2014 PEN Literary Gala: PEN/Allen Foundation Literary Service Award: Salman Rushdie
On May 5, 2014, Salman Rushdie received the PEN/Allen Foundation Literary Service Award in celebration of the 10th anniversary of his founding of the PEN World Voices Festival; introduction… More
PEN Literary Gala 2014: 2014 Digital Freedom Award: Twitter
On May 5, at PEN's 2014 Literary Gala, Dick Costolo, CEO of Twitter, received the inaugural PEN/Toni and James C. Goodale Digital Freedom Award for bringing new forms of… More
PEN Literary Gala 2014: Opening Remarks: Peter Godwin
Peter Godwin, President of PEN, makes opening remarks at the 2014 PEN American Center Literary Gala on May 5, 2014. More
Obsession: Eileen Myles on Spoilage and Ruination of Other Kinds (Video)
New York City's own great and fierce poet opens up about her fear of the constant danger of things going bad or spoiling—and the moral component accompanying this simple… More