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Revolutionary Writers: Yoshihiro Tatsumi in Conversation with Adrian Tomine
Adrian Tomine and Yoshihiro Tatsumi discuss the evolution of comics in Japan, the U.S., and around the world at Revolutionary Writers, part of the 2009 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Horacio Castellanos Moya, David Conrad and Bill McClellan Perform Senselessness
Horacio Castellanos Moya and actor David Conrad read from Moya's novel Senselessness, with accompaniment on drums by Bill McClellan, at the PEN Cabaret, part of the 2009 PEN World… More
1,000 Words: The Power of Visual Storytelling
Emmanuel Guibert, David Polonsky, and Shaun Tan, with moderator Jonathan Ames, discuss the use of pictures in telling challenging and compelling stories at 1,000 Words: The Power of Visual… More
Juan Felipe Herrera Reads from Half of the World in Light: New and Selected Poems
Recently named Poet Laureate, Juan Felipe Herrera reads three poems from a 2008 collection. 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
The Inspired Scientist: Majora Carter
Majora Carter reads and discusses the aspects of storytelling in science at The Inspired Scientist: A Program for High School Students, part of the 2009 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Conversation: Michael Ondaatje & Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Part II
Michael Ondaatje asks Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie about her country in part two of their conversation at the 2005 PEN World Voices Festival. More
K. Anthony Appiah Introduces Reckoning With Torture
K. Anthony Appiah, President of PEN American Center, offers opening remarks to the 2009 PEN event Reckoning with Torture: Memos and Testimonies from the "War on Terror". More
Nell Freudenberger Reads from an Interpreter’s Sworn Statement
Nell Freudenberger, author of Lucky Girls and recipient of the PEN/Malaud Award for short fiction, reads from the sworn statement of an interpreter at the Kandahar Detention Facility in… More
David Almond Reads from The Savage
David Almond reads from The Savage and discusses his work at Face Off! Overcoming Barriers, part of the 2010 PEN World Voices Festival. More