The Art of Mentorship with Julia Leigh (video)
Emerging artists, armed solely with their talent, often feel that they have to face the world alone. What if you had Toni Morrison, Michael Ondaatje, Peter Sellars, Colm Tóibín,… More
The Art of Mentorship with Miroslav Penkov (video)
Emerging artists, armed solely with their talent, often feel that they have to face the world alone. What if you had Toni Morrison, Michael Ondaatje, Peter Sellars, Colm Tóibín,… More
PEN World Voices Festival: The “Proustian Orgasm” of Memoir and Memory
Michael Ondaatje, Luc Sante, and Tracy K.Smith discussed the memoirs that most influenced their own writing and the prickly task of turning family stories into compelling literature. More
PEN World Voices Festival Tenth Anniversary Highlights
Founded in 2005 under the direction of Salman Rushdie, the PEN World Voices Festival has hosted more than 1,400 writers from 78 countries, speaking 56 languages. More
Scene Last Night: Ondaatje, Siddhartha Mukherjee, Jhumpa Lahiri
Writer Barbara Goldsmith sent a chill through the Hall of Ocean Life last night. Speaking to 550 guests gathered at the American Museum of Natural History for the PEN… More
Reinventing Home
MICHAEL ONDAATJE: In Purple Hibiscus, on the acknowledgments page at the end, there’s a wonderful sense of community—I almost want you to read that because it feels like part… More
Editor’s Note
The first annual PEN World Voices Festival brought together 125 writers from around the globe for a week of intense conversation about language, culture, crime, catastrophe, death, sex, religion—the… More
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