Audio + Video
Johnathan Franzen Reads ?Almost No Memory? and ?Happiest Moment? by Lydia Davis
Johnathan Franzen delivers a short talk and reads “Almost No Memory” and “Happiest Moment” by Lydia Davis at the PEN event The Power of the Pen, part of the 2005 PEN… More
Mario Vargas Llosa Reads from The Bad Girl (in Spanish)
Mario Vargas Llosa reads from his novel The Bad Girl (in Spanish) at the event The Three Musketeers Reunited: Umberto Eco, Salman Rushdie, and Mario Vargas Llosa, part of… More
Francine Prose Reads from Goldengrove
Francine Prose reads from Goldengrove at Town Hall Readings: Public Lives/Private Lives, part of the 2008 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Nuruddin Farah Reads from Maps
Nuruddin Farah reads from his novel Maps and delivers a talk at the PEN event The Power of the Pen, part of the 2005 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Conversation: Gregory Rabassa, Edith Grossman, and Michael F. Moore
Gregory Rabassa, Edith Grossman, and Michael F. Moore discuss magical realism and the problem with "isms"; the overwhelming influence of Cervantes; President Clinton's favorite book; disastrous moments in translation,… More
Introduction by Mike Roberts and Françoise Mouly
Mike Roberts and Françoise Mouly introduce the 2005 event Foreign Exchanges: Art Spiegelman & Marjane Satrapi. More
Conversation: Art Spiegelman & Marjane Satrapi
The authors in conversation at the 2005 event Foreign Exchanges: Art Spiegelman & Marjane Satrapi. More
Q&A: Art Spiegelman & Marjane Satrapi
The authors answer questions from the audience at the 2005 event Foreign Exchanges: Art Spiegelman & Marjane Satrapi. More
Panel Discussion: Dreadful Lies/Peculiar Truths
Susan Campbell Bartoletti, Robert Lipsyte, and Vera B. Williams discuss the moral responsibility to tell the truth, resources vs. didacticism, respecting your readers, and more during a PEN panel discussion. More
PEN Reception: Lydia Cacho
Lydia Cacho discusses her work, the political climate for journalists, and her struggle with the Mexican justice system at the 2007 event A PEN Reception With Lydia Cacho. More
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