Audio + Video
Mary Gaitskill Reads “Kitchen Workers” by Gail Leonard
Mary Gaitskill reads Gail Leonard's "Kitchen Workers," second place winner for fiction in PEN's 2007 Prison Writing Contest, at the 2009 event Breakout: Voices from Inside. More
Ngugi wa Thiong’o: Africa and the World
Ngugi wa Thiong'o speaks at the PEN event Africa and the World: The Writer's Role, part of the 2005 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Cynthia Rosenzweig Discusses Climate Change
Cynthia Rosenzweig, co-chair of the New York City Panel on Climate Change, discusses climate change at Weather Report: What Can We Do?, part of the 2010 PEN World Voices… More
2009 PEN Literary Awards Ceremony: Roxana Robinson
Roxana Robinson offers introductory remarks at the 2009 PEN Literary Awards Ceremony. More
Sean Wilsey Reads an Excerpt from “LIVE! From Texas Death Row!” by Christopher Best
Sean Wilsey reads an excerpt from Christopher Best's "LIVE! From Texas Death Row!", first-place winner for essay writing in PEN's 2005 Prison Writing Contest, at the 2009 event Breakout:… More
Green Thoughts: Entire event
Billy Collins, Jonathan Franzen, Moses Isegawa, Pico Iyer, Geert Mak, Marilynne Robinson, Roxana Robinson, Salman Rushdie, Gary Shteyngart, Janne Teller, and Colson Whitehead read from relevant works of fiction… More
2009 PEN Literary Awards Ceremony: Billy Collins
Billy Collins offers introductory remarks at the 2009 PEN Literary Awards Ceremony. More
Patricia Smith Reads “Just Another Death” by Christina MacNaughton
Patricia Smith reads Christina MacNaughton's "Just Another Death," first-place winner for memoir in PEN's 2007 Prison Writing Contest, at the 2009 event Breakout: Voices from Inside. More
Town Hall Readings: Writing Home
Writers read pieces around the theme of home at Town Hall Readings: Writing Home, part of the 2007 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Michael Moore Announces the 2009 PEN Award for Poetry in Translation
Michael Moore announces the PEN Award for Poetry in Translation at the 2009 PEN Literary Awards Ceremony. More
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