Audio + Video
Literature of Color: Myth or Reality?
Discussed: literature of color as both myth and reality; personal experience vs. universal truth; the politics of book covers; the insult and the compromise; the racial geography of the… 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
Andy Borowitz Introduces The Moth: Award-Winning Storytelling
Andy Borowitz introduces The Moth: Award Winning Storytelling, part of the 2008 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Jonathan Ames Performs “I Called Myself El Cid”
Jonathan Ames performs "I Called Myself El Cid" at The Moth: Award-Winning Storytelling, as part of the 2008 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Rian Malan Performs at The Moth: Award-Winning Storytelling
Rian Malan tells a story about growing up in South Africa at the The Moth: Award-Winning Storytelling as part of the 2008 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Josh Kilmer-Purcell Performs at The Moth: Award-Winning Storytelling
Josh Kilmer-Purcell tells a story about summer camp at The Moth: Award-Winning Storytelling as part of the 2008 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Ana Castillo Tells a Story About Swimming with Sharks
Ana Castillo, author of The Mixquiahuala Letters, tells a story about swimming with sharks at The Moth: Award-Winning Storytelling as part of the 2008 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Hwang Sok-Yong Reads from The Old Garden
Hwang Sok-Yong reads in Korean from his novel The Old Garden at Readings From Around the Globe, part of the 2009 PEN World Voices Festival. More
James Carroll Accepts the 2007 PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award
James Carroll, author of House of War (Houghton Mifflin), accepts the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award at the 2007 Literary Awards Ceremony. Finalists for the biennial award, which is given… More
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