Audio + Video
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
Conversation: George Packer & Ahmed Ali
PEN Board Member and author George Packer speaks with Iraqi translator Ahmed Ali about the Iraqi refugee crisis at the 2008 event Conversation: George Packer & Ahmed Ali, part… More
Conversation: Philip Roth & Ben Taylor
Philip Roth and Ben Taylor discuss the powerful imprint of growing up, incorporating the larger narratives of history into novels about family, grief and humor, and more during a… 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