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Brian Ross: Protecting Privacy, Challenging Secrecy & Standing Up for the First Amendment
"I think what we’re really looking at is the criminalization of investigative journalism in this country. In various civil lawsuits, judges have ruled again and again that we have… More
Langston Hughes reads The Negro Speaks of Rivers
This excerpt of Langston Hughes reading his poem "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" is part of the Twentieth-Century Masters Tribute to Langston Hughes, sponsored by PEN American Center, The… More
The Writer?s Conscience: Remembering Anna Politkovskaya & Russia?s Forgotten War
PEN American Center, the Committee to Protect Journalists, and the Center for the Humanities, the Graduate Center, CUNY, present an evening of readings from Anna Politkovskaya's work and a… More
Colum McCann Reads from Dancer
Colum McCann reads from his novel Dancer at Adventures in the Skin Trade: A Conversation with Colum McCann & Michael Ondaatje, part of the 2008 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Eric Bogosian Reads a Fourth Excerpt from “A Journal of a Prisoner” by David Lightner
Eric Bogosian reads a fourth excerpt from "A Journal of a Prisoner" by David Lightner at the 2009 event Breakout: Voices from Inside. More
Michael Ondaatje Reads from Divisadero
Michael Ondaatje reads from his novel Divisadero at Adventures in the Skin Trade: A Conversation with Colum McCann & Michael Ondaatje, part of the 2008 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Lemon Andersen Reads a Diary Entry by William Van Poyck
Lemon Andersen reads a diary entry by William Van Poyck, a prisoner at Sussex I State Prison in Waverly, Virginia, during the 2009 event Breakout: Voices from Inside. More
Michael Ondaatje Continues Reading from Divisadero
Michael Ondaatje continues reading from his novel Divisadero at Adventures in the Skin Trade: A Conversation with Colum McCann & Michael Ondaatje, part of the 2008 PEN World Voices… More
A Tribute to Grace Paley: An Evening of Readings and Remembrance
Friends, family and fellow writers gather to celebrate the life of Grace Paley at the 2007 event A Tribute to Grace Paley: An Evening of Readings and Remembrance. More
Colum McCann Continues Reading from Dancer
Colum McCann continues reading from his novel Dancer at Adventures in the Skin Trade: A Conversation with Colum McCann & Michael Ondaatje, part of the 2008 PEN World Voices… More
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