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Jameel Jaffer Introduces Reckoning With Torture
Jameel Jaffer, Director of ACLU's National Security Project, offers opening remarks to the 2009 PEN event Reckoning with Torture: Memos and Testimonies from the "War on Terror". More
Eve Ensler Reads from a Speech by George W. Bush
Eve Ensler, best-selling author and acclaimed playwright, reads from a speech by George W. Bush commemorating the United Nations Day in Support of Victims of Torture, as part of… More
George Saunders Reads Statement by Khaled El-Masri
George Saunders reads the statement of German citizen Khaled El-Masrim, an innocent victim of the CIA's extraordinary rendition program, as part of the 2009 PEN event Reckoning with Torture:… More
Pedro Rosa Mendes Reads from The Bay of Tigers
Pedro Rosa Mendes reads from The Bay of Tigers at the PEN event Africa and the World: The Writer's Role, part of the 2005 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Uwe Timm Delivers a Talk
Uwe Timm delivers a talk at the PEN event Africa and the World: The Writer's Role, part of the 2005 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Svetlana Alexievich Discusses Why She Writes About Human Tragedies
Svetlana Alexievich discusses why she writes about human tragedies and her unique form of reportage at Confronting the Worst: Writing & Catastrophe, part of the 2005 PEN World Voices… More
Carolin Emcke Discusses Why She Writes About War
Carolin Emcke discusses why she writes about war at Confronting the Worst: Writing & Catastrophe, part of the 2005 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Philip Gourevitch Discusses Writing About the Aftermath of Tragedy
Philip Gourevitch discusses writing about the aftermath of tragedy at Confronting the Worst: Writing & Catastrophe, part of the 2005 PEN World Voices Festival. More
François Bizot Discusses Writing About Cambodia
François Bizot discusses writing about Cambodia at Confronting the Worst: Writing & Catastrophe, part of the 2005 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Achmat Dangor Reads from Bitter Fruit
Achmat Dangor reads from his novel Bitter Fruit at the PEN event Africa and the World: The Writer's Role, part of the 2005 PEN World Voices Festival. More
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