PEN World Voices Festival announces new director
The PEN World Voices Festival, which brings authors together for a multi-day, multi-venue festival across New York City, will be led by László Jakab Orsós, the PEN American Center… More
An Around the World Reading
The baldheaded man leapt to the stage at Joe’s Pub in Greenwich Village. Tommy Wieringa, a highly respected author from the Netherlands, chatted amiably with the largely American crowd… More
Living Next to the Enemy
In many countries that have been wracked by ethnic cleansing or a civil war, the victims of torture, and the people who tortured them, still live too close for… More
Global Voices at the PEN Festival
Salman Rushdie and Patti Smith were just two of the many literary stars who kicked off the 2010 Pen World Voices Festival at The 92nd Street Y’s Unterberg Poetry… More
Patti Smith On the Circuit
If you're on the benefit circuit these slightly humid days of May, one unexpected person you might run into on a more than regular basis is the singer-songwriter Patti… More
Talk to Me: Patti Smith Chats with Jonathan Lethem
Turns out, Jonathan Lethem has been a fan of Patti Smith's music since he was hanging out at CBGB as a tween. In their talk from this year's PEN… More
PEN World Voices 2010: Children’s Authors on Culture and Identity
Identity and influence were the main topics of conversation for a group of children’s book authors at a panel entitled “A Gathering of Voices,” held last Thursday during the… More
Wydarzenia~Events
Chopin Theatre, Polish Cultural Institute NY and Seminary Bookstore welcome Polish writer Andrzej Stasiuk, one of the brightest literary talents to emerge in East and Central Europe since communism’s… More
Patti Smith Tells Aspiring Artists To Find New City
As part of last week's PEN World Voices Festival, Patti Smith spoke to Jonathan Lethem (the two are currently classmates at Pratt) on Saturday at the Cooper Union, and… More
Paraíso y alrededores
UNO Hay quienes van a girar alrededor de La Meca, están los que se arrastran hacia Lourdes o Luján y, también, los que caen de rodillas sobre las manos… More