Ta-Nehisi Coates at the World Voices Festival
Ta-Nehisi Coates hopes to contextualize the flurry of censorship across the United States in his Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture on May 11 at PEN America’s World Voices… More
Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture—2017 PEN World Voices Festival
Leading Russian and American journalist/author Masha Gessen gives the 2017 Freedom to Write Lecture, followed by a longer conversation with Samantha Bee. More
Samantha Bee and Masha Gessen Implore Us to Resist Trump’s “Word Salads”
"Waking up every morning is like having a tennis ball machine and having the tennis balls shoot us in the face," said Samantha Bee Sunday night in her candid… More
Masha Gessen to Deliver Arthur Miller Lecture followed by a Conversation with Samantha Bee on May 7
PEN America has announced that leading Russian and American journalist and author Masha Gessen, will deliver the Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture, followed by a conversation with comedian… More
Case Histories: Wole Soyinka
Wole Soyinka was born on 13 July 1934 in Nigeria. He studied at University College Ibadan and the University of Leeds in the UK, graduating in 1957 before working… More
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