Audio + Video
Amrit Singh, Matthew Alexander, and Susanna Moore Read from a Combatant Status Review Tribunal
Amrit Singh, Matthew Alexander, and Susanna Moore, author and recipient of the PEN/Hemingway Award, read excerpts from the Combatant Status Review Tribunal of Guantánamo detainee Mustafa Ait Idr, as… More
Amrit Singh and Matthew Alexander Read from George Tenet Appearance on 60 Minutes
Amrit Singh and Matthew Alexander read excerpts from a transcript of former CIA Director George Tenet's April 2007 appearance on CBS 60 Minutes, as part of the 2009 PEN event… More
Paul Auster Reads from Autopsy Reports of Detainee Deaths
Paul Auster reads from a series of autopsy and death reports of detainees held in U.S. custody in Iraq and Afghanistan, as part of the 2009 PEN event Reckoning… More
Is Nonfiction Literature?
Colum McCann, Philip Gourevitch, and Norbert Gstrein discuss the role of imagination in writing nonfiction, the role of nonfiction in the writing of fiction, and nonfiction's place in the… More
A Believer Nighttime Event: Entire
A Believer Nighttime Event with Isabel Hoving, Niccolò Ammaniti, Uzodinma Iweala, and Yasmina Khadra; featuring a reading from Eric Bogosian's new novel, an auction with Miranda July, and a… More
Eric Bogosian Commences A Believer Nighttime Event
Eric Bogosian, the M.C. for the evening, commences A Believer Nighttime Event, part of the 2007 PEN American World Voices Festival. More
An Auction with Miranda July
Performance artist, actress, writer and film director Miranda July hosts an auction at A Believer Nighttime Event, part of the 2007 PEN American World Voices Festival. More
Anouar Benmalek Reads Work by Tahar Djaout and Said Mekbel
Anouar Benmalek reads a poem by Tahar Djaout and a piece by Said Mekbel, both slain Algerian writers, at Banned Voices, part of the 2005 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Poetry Reading: Entire Event
Nicole Brossard, Narcís Comadira, Wayne Koestenbaum, Uwe Kolbe, Fuad Rifka, and János Térey perform readings as part of the 2009 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Lily Hoang Reads from Changing
Beyond Margins Award winner Lily Hoang reads excerpts from Changing at Crossing Over: The 2009 Beyond Margins Celebration. More