Audio + Video

The residents of Westbeth Center for the Arts open their homes to Festival-goers for this perennial fave. Grab a map and wander through the hallways of New York City’s… More

Kids explore the connections between literature, dance, and visual art in this family event celebrating Mexican-American choreographer José Limón with a short film, a presentation by the author and… More

Part two of this program features an interactive visual and verbal exchange on the rhetorical strategies of corporate corrections. More

Colm Tóibín on recurring dreams. More

Born in India and living in the United States, Salman Rushdie blends two cultures into a single language without borders. The PEN World Voices Festival founder is interviewed by… More

This series of dialogues moderated by contributing editor of the London Review of Books Adam Shatz, gets you up close with two festival authors: Arab-French author and documentary filmmaker,… More

Edith Grossman is honored on the occasion of her 80th birthday. One of the most celebrated literary translators in our times, Grossman has been praised for her translations of… More

Mexico steps into the spotlight for this two-part event, designed to expose hidden cultural and political realities. Act I: One speaker delivers their personal views on today’s prevailing sociopolitical… More

Two leading authorities on Pablo Neruda examine the impact of the celebrated 1966 PEN Literary Congress in New York on Neruda’s relationship with Cuba at the height of the… More