Audio + Video
Umberto Eco Discusses the Advantages of Fiction for Life and Death
Umberto Eco discusses the advantages of fiction for life and death at the event The Third Annual Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture: Umberto Eco, part of the 2008… More
Evelyn Schlag Reads “New York Marathon” and “New York 1999”
Evelyn Schlag Reads "New York Marathon" and "New York 1999" (in German) at Town Hall Readings: Public Lives/Private Lives, part of the 2008 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Conversation: Umberto Eco & Adam Gopnik
A conversation between Umberto Eco and Adam Gopnik at the event The Third Annual Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture: Umberto Eco, part of the 2008 PEN World Voices… More
Annie Proulx Reads from Langrishe, Go Down by Aidan Higgins
Annie Proulx reads from Aiden Higgins's Langrishe, Go Down at Town Hall Readings: Public Lives/Private Lives, part of the 2008 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Conversation: Arnon Grunberg & Yael Hedaya
Arnon Grunberg and Yael Hedaya discuss the pleasures of being in therapy, formalizing pain into art, and television as the "new literature" during a conversation that took place at… More
Péter Esterházy Reads from Celestial Harmonies
Péter Esterházy reads from Celestial Harmonies (in Hungarian) at Town Hall Readings: Public Lives/Private Lives, part of the 2008 PEN World Voices Festival. More
The Three Musketeers Reunited
Umberto Eco, Salman Rushdie, and Mario Vargas Llosa; in conversation with Leonard Lopate at the event The Three Musketeers Reunited: Umberto Eco, Salman Rushdie, and Mario Vargas Llosa, part… More
Coral Bracho reads “Among These Ruins” and “Water’s Lubricious Edges”
Coral Bracho reads "Among These Ruins" and "Water's Lubricious Edges" (in Spanish) at Town Hall Readings: Private Lives/Public Lives, part of the 2008 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Salman Rushdie Reads from The Enchantress of Florence
Salman Rushdie reads from his novel The Enchantress of Florence at the event The Three Musketeers Reunited: Umberto Eco, Salman Rushdie, and Mario Vargas Llosa, part of the 2008… More
A.B. Yehoshua Reads from A Woman in Jerusalem
A.B. Yehoshua reads the first chapter of A Woman in Jerusalem (in Hebrew) at Town Hall Readings: Public Lives/Private Lives, part of the 2008 PEN World Voices Festival. More