Audio + Video
Francine Prose Reads “Days of Illegal Detention” by Li Jianhong
Francine Prose reads "Days of Illegal Detention" by Li Jianhong at the 2008 event Bringing Down the Great Firewall of China: Silenced Writers Speak. More
Q&A: Voices Against Torture: Writers and Lawyers on the Way Forward
Writers and lawyers repond to questions at the 2008 event Voices Against Torture: Writers and Lawyers on the Way Forward. More
Rick Moody Reads A Letter from Xinna
Rick Moody reads a letter from Xinna at the 2008 event Bringing Down the Great Firewall of China: Silenced Writers Speak. More
An Evening Without…
Anthony Romero, Martin Amis, Russell Banks, Liev Schreiber, Barbara Goldsmith, Salman Rushdie, Gioconda Bell, Padma Lakshmi, Naomi Shihab Nye, Debra Winger, Eloy Urroz, Todd Solondz read from the work… More
Conversation: A. B. Yehoshua and Leon Wieseltier
A. B. Yehoshua and Leon Wieseltier discuss a lifetime in literature, fact in fiction, writing politics, and atonement, a conversation which took place at the 2008 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Introduction by Larry Siems; Anthony Romero reads Tariq Ramandan
Introduction by Larry Siems and reading by Anthony Romero of Tariq Ramadan at the event An Evening Without..., part of the 2006 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Bearing Witness in Chechnya: The Legacy of Natalia Estemirova
With Salman Rushdie, Michael Arena, Ann Cooper, Keith Gessen, Tanya Lokshina, and Elena MilashinaPEN American Center joins forces with the Human Rights Watch (HRW), the Committee to Protect Journalists… More
Kanan Makiya Discusses Abu Ghraib
Kanan Makiya discusses brutalities in Iraq, including Abu Ghraib, and his difficulty writing about it at Writers & Iraq, part of the 2005 PEN World Voices Festival. 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
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