2015 World Voices Festival Opening Night (full video)
For this flagship event, speakers gave original, lyrical, and humorous insights for what the world will look like in the year 2050. More
Dianna’s Milk
Thoughts, like bodies, are varied and unique, and there is nothing better than seeing bare thoughts in a bare body. More
Dog Who Bore a Star
I am the happiness of the world, I am immortal, and today would have been the best day in my life if my dog hadn’t died, which I consider… More
Before and After 2050: The Logic of Peace in Mot-Paradise
We were sworn to maintain our new world with words, not swords. Worromot depended on it. It does not take a genius to re-scramble the letters and come up… More
On Not Being Bezosed
As an American novelist from the beachside resort of Denver I don’t enjoy the prestige and power of a Malayalam poet from Madras or a Mandarin novelist from Macau. More
Earl Lovelace Reads from Is Just a Movie
Earl Lovelace reads from his novel Is Just a Movie at the Opening Night Reading of PEN's 2013 World Voices Festival. More
Jamaica Kincaid Reads from Paradise Lost
Jamaica Kincaid reads an excerpt from John Milton Paradise Lost at the 2013 PEN World Voices Opening Night Reading at Cooper Union. More