Richard Price and Fran Lebowitz on Gentrification in NYC
Richard Price and Fran Lebowitz share perspectives on the changing dynamics of living in NYC in this video clip from the 2016 PEN World Voices Festival. More
PEN America Unveils 50 Years of Literary Luminaries and Cultural Crossroads in Online Archive
PEN America launches archives online, home to over 50 years' worth of audio and video recordings of meetings, panels, and public events, covering a breathtaking range of social, political,… More
On the Launch of the PEN America Digital Archive
The multimedia materials found in the archives are a testament to the profound impact writers have had on the history of our nation and of our world. More
United Against Hate—2017 PEN World Voices Festival
Voices in the arts rally against hate with performances, readings, and conversations from Ani DiFranco, Marlon James, Colum McCann, and more. More
Chip Rolley Assumes PEN World Voices Festival Leadership Amid Deepening Challenges to Free Expression
Chip Rolley, former Artistic Director of the Sydney Writers' Festival, has joined PEN America as the new Director of the PEN World Voices Festival and Senior Director of Literary… More
Salman Rushdie: las películas me enseñaron casi tanto como los libros
El escritor Salman Rushdie habló hoy de la influencia del cine en su infancia en Bombay (Índia) y dijo que las películas, que le enseñaron "casi tanto como los… More
The 2016 PEN World Voices of International Literature, New York City, April 25 – May 1, 2016.
The 2016 PEN World Voices Festival features a wide array of Mexico's intellectual players: poets, writers, investigative journalists, and visual artists More
Protagoniza México festival PEN World Voices en Nueva York
El Festival más relevante de literatura de Nueva York comienza este lunes y tiene a las letras mexicanas como protagonistas del evento More
Spare Times for April 22-28
PEN World Voices Festival (Monday through May 1) This free annual literary event, which brings about 150 writers from 30 countries to venues spread throughout the New York City More
The Filtered Excellence: April 21, 2016
New York City: Pen World Voices Festival Of International Literature. Over 150 writers representing 30 countries will be in New York City for the 12th Annual Pen World Voices… More
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