Audio + Video
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
Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio in Conversation with Adam Gopnik
The New Yorker staff writer Adam Gopnik interviews French novelist and essayist Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio during a conversation which took place at the 2009 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Resonances: Writers on the Great Works
Muriel Barbery, Salwa Al Neimi, José Manuel Prieto, and George Packer discuss how writing from the past persists and influences contemporary writers at Resonances: Writers on the Great Works,… More
Coraline, Sandman: Books and Imagination: A Conversation with Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman and Caro Llewellyn discuss imagination, inspiration, and creativity across a dizzying range of genres during a conversation that took place at the 2009 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Raja Shehadeh Reads from Forays Into a Vanishing Landscape
Raja Shehadeh reads from Forays Into a Vanishing Landscape at the event Evolution/Revolution, part of the 2009 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Nicole Brossard Reads from Fences in Breathing
Nicole Brossard reads several of her poems and from her novel Fences in Breathing at the event Evolution/Revolution, part of the 2009 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Jose Dalisay Reads from Soledad’s Sister
Jose Dalisay reads from his novel Soledad's Sister at the event Evolution/Revolution, part of the 2009 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Muriel Barbery Reads from The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Muriel Barbery reads from The Elegance of the Hedgehog (L'élégance du hérisson) in French at the event Evolution/Revolution, part of the 2009 PEN World Voices Festival. More