Audio + Video
Yiyun Li Reads “A Thousand Years of Good Prayers”
Yiyun Li reads her story "A Thousand Years of Good Prayers" at the BenettonTalk Young Writers Series: Mixed Media, part of the 2006 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Eric Bogosian Reads a Second Excerpt from “A Journal of a Prisoner” by David Lightner
Eric Bogosian reads a second excerpt from "A Journal of a Prisoner" by David Lightner at the 2009 event Breakout: Voices from Inside. More
BenettonTalk Young Writers Series: Azhar Abidi & Monique Truong
A discussion between Azhar Abidi and Monique Truong and a reading by Bruce MacVittie from Abidi's novel Passarola Rising at the BenettonTalk Young Writers Series, part of the 2006… More
Boris Akunin Discusses Writing Crime Fiction in Russia
Boris Akunin discusses writing crime fiction in Russia at BenettonTalk Young Writers Series: Mixed Media, part of the 2006 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Patricia Smith Reads “Panopticon” by Diane Hamill Metzger
Patricia Smith reads Diane Hamill Metzger's "Panopticon," winner of an honorable mention for poetry in PEN's 2005 Prison Writing Contest, at the 2009 event Breakout: Voices from Inside. More
Conversation: Etgar Keret & George Saunders
Conversation between Etgar Keret and George Saunders at the Benettontalk Young Writers Series, part of the 2006 PEN World Voices Festival. More
BenettonTalk Young Writers Series: Mixed Media
Writers discuss working in their own languages and read from their work at BenettonTalk Young Writers Series: Mixed Media, part of the 2006 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Sean Wilsey Reads a Diary Entry by Dennis Forrest
Sean Wilsey reads a diary entry by Dennis Forrest, a prisoner in the Ramsey Unit in Rosharon, Texas, at the 2009 event Breakout: Voices from Inside. More
Conversation: Rodrigo Fresán & Jonathan Lethem
Conversation between Rodrigo Fresán & Jonathan Lethem at the BenettonTalk Young Writers Series, part of the 2006 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Idols & Insults: Writing, Religion, and Freedom of Expression
Writers from several countries discuss the shifting and increasingly perilous terrain surrounding art and religion at Idols & Insults: Writing, Religion, and Freedom of Expression, part of the 2006… More