Audio + Video
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
Ryszard Kapuscinski Discusses Writing About Africa, Asia and South America
Ryszard Kapuscinski discusses writing about Africa, Asia and South America at Confronting the Worst: Writing & Catastrophe, part of the 2005 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Clayton Eshleman Introduces A Tribute to César Vallejo
Clayton Eshleman offers opening remarks at A Tribute to César Vallejo, part of the 2007 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Elena Poniatowska Reads an Account of an Earthquake in Mexico
Elena Poniatowska reads a boy's account of a 1985 earthquake in Mexico at Confronting the Worst: Writing & Catastrophe, part of the 2005 PEN World Voices Festival. More
A Tribute to Chinua Achebe: Entire Event
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of his seminal novel Things Fall Apart, PEN hosted a major tribute to Nigerian writer and literary luminary Chinua Achebe, with Chinua Achebe,… More
Michael Cunningham Introduces A Tribute to Chinua Achebe
Michael Cunningham offers opening remarks to the 2008 PEN event A Tribute to Chinua Achebe. More
Protecting Privacy, Challenging Secrecy & Standing Up for the First Amendment
Panel discussion between Barbara Bailey, Peter Chase, George Christian, Janet Nocek, Mark Feldstein, Brian Ross, Richard Esposito, and James Risen at the 2006 event Protecting Privacy, Challenging Secrecy &… More
2005 State of Emergency: Readings Against Torture, Arbitrary Detention & Extraordinary Rendition
With Edward Albee, Paul Auster, Sandra Cisneros, Don DeLillo, Dave Eggers, Martín Espada, Philip Gourevitch, Jessica Hagedorn, Heidi Julavits, Nicole Krauss, Rick Moody, Walter Mosley, Grace Paley, Emma Reverter,… More
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