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Joel Simon Offers Opening Remarks
Joel Simon offers opening remarks at the PEN event State of Emergency: Censorship by Bullet in Mexico. More
Viva The Belarus Free Theater: Entire Event
Billy Crudup, Don DeLillo, E.L. Doctorow, Tom Stoppard, Iva Bittova, and other guests come together for Viva the Belarus Free Theater, featuring literature, music, and cocktail conversation about the… More
Don DeLillo Reads from “Loneliness” by Bruno Schultz
Don DeLillo reads from Bruno Schultz's short story "Loneliness" at the PEN event State of Emergency: Censorship by Bullet in Mexico. More
Emma Reverter Reads “No One Is Alone” by Juan Goytisolo
Emma Reverter reads “No One Is Alone” by Juan Goytisolo at the PEN event 2005 State of Emergency: Readings Against Torture, Arbitrary Detention & Extraordinary Rendition. More
Pankaj Mishra Discusses Differences in Perception of the Iraq War
Pankaj Mishra discusses the differences in the ways writers outside of the West have perceived the Iraq War at Writers & Iraq, part of the 2005 PEN World Voices… More
Martha Southgate Reads “The Colonel” by Carolyn Forché
Martha Southgate reads "The Colonel" by Carolyn Forché at the PEN event 2005 State of Emergency: Readings Against Torture, Arbitrary Detention & Extraordinary Rendition. More
Panel Discussion: Writers & Iraq
The panel discuss and debate the War in Iraq at Writers & Iraq, part of the 2005 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Colson Whitehead Reads from Blindness by José Saramago
Colson Whitehead reads from Blindness by José Saramago at the PEN event 2005 State of Emergency: Readings Against Torture, Arbitrary Detention & Extraordinary Rendition. More
Panel Discussion: Confronting the Worst
The panel discuss the role of writing in situations of extreme human suffering at Confronting the Worst: Writing & Catastrophe, part of the 2005 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Salman Rushdie Reads from Dispatches by Michael Herr
Salman Rushdie reads from Dispatches by Michael Herr at the PEN event 2005 State of Emergency: Readings Against Torture, Arbitrary Detention & Extraordinary Rendition. More