Audio + Video
Freedom to Write? Our Obligation to Protect Free Expression
Larry Siems (PEN American Center), Joanne Leedom-Ackerman (International PEN), and Katusha Galitzine (PEN USA) discuss freedom of expression at the 2007 event Freedom to Write? Our Obligation to Protect… More
Larry Siems Introduces George Packer and Ahmed Ali
Larry Siems introduces discussants George Packer and Ahmed Ali at the 2008 event Conversation: George Packer & Ahmed Ali, part of PEN American Center's 2008 Annual General Meeting. 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
Dawud Gonzalez Reads from “San Quentin Prison” by David J. Lista
Dawud Gonzalez reads from "San Quentin Prison" by David J. Lista at the 2009 event Breakout: Voices from Inside. More
Bernardo Atxaga Reads Three Pieces About the Basque Language
Bernardo Atxaga reads the prologue to his novel Obabakoak and the poems "The Hedgehog" and "The Death and Life of Words" at BenettonTalk Young Writers Series: Mixed Media, part… More
Eric Bogosian Reads from “A Journal of a Prisoner” by David Lightner
Eric Bogosian reads an excerpt from "A Journal of a Prisoner" by David Lightner at the 2009 event Breakout: Voices from Inside. More
Duong Thu Huong Reads “The Final Salvation”
Duong Thu Huong reads "The Final Salvation" at Faith & Reason, part of the 2006 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Raymond Federman Reads “Federman Without Limits”
Raymond Federman reads "Federman Without Limits: A Voice Within a Voice" at BenettonTalk Young Writers Series: Mixed Media, part of the 2006 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Lemon Andersen Reads “Prison Moon” by Jorge Antonio Renaud
Lemon Andersen reads Jorge Antonio Renaud's "Prison Moon," first prize winner for poetry in PEN's 2005 Prison Writing Contest, at the 2009 event Breakout: Voices from Inside. More
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