Obsession: Andrew Solomon on Sleep

Author and essayist Andrew Solomon has written on a widely divergent range of topics, including Soviet artists, Libyan governance, childrearing, and the politics of the deaf. For this event,… More

An Excerpt from Cervantes Street

When one man died, he was replaced by another one; when that other man fell wounded, a healthy one emerged from behind him, creating an endless reserve of soldiers… More

Sling Bag

The severed leg serves as his pillow when he sleeps. / The severed leg is placed on the dining table when he eats. / (Is he married? Let’s say… More

Three Years after the Quake

Saturday will mark three years since the devastating earthquake in Haiti that killed an estimated 300,000 people. PEN, too, was affected by the tragedy, as PEN Haiti's director Georges… More