Speaking in Languages on the Edge
Speaking in Languages on the Edge showcases performances and readings of Welsh, Mexican indigenous languages, and Native American languages, among others. A rare chance to take in the beautiful… 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
Joshua Edwards Reads “Red Storm Days”
Joshua Edwards stopped by the PEN America offices to record an excerpt, entitled "Red Storm Days," from his poem "Agonistes." Complete with hustling, bustling PEN America offices noises. More
Snail’s House
The formative experience of reading cannot be ignored. We are not just the product of a family or of a society, of a religion or of an ethnicity, of… More
Burma: Bones Will Crow
Two of the Burma’s most esteemed poets, Zeyar Lynn and Khin Aung Aye, read from their work and discuss the country’s budding literary scene with the editor of Bones… 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
From “Agnes the Elephant”
There is a man and a woman in the kitchen fighting / over which of the two of them get to keep their / son. The man is leaving… More
Zachary Schomburg Reads from “Agnes the Elephant”
Zachary Schomburg stopped by the PEN America offices in March and read an excerpt from a new poem, "Agnes the Elephant." Click through to listen to the recording and… More
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