Audio + Video
Ishmael Beah Reads from A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
Ishmael Beah reads from A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier at Youth on the Frontlines, part of the 2007 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Michael Ondaatje Reads from Anil’s Ghost
Michael Ondaatje reads from his novel Anil's Ghost at Readings From Around the Globe, part of the 2009 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Larry Siems Introduces the 2007 event Dirty Wars: Readings Against Torture…
Larry Siems, Director of the PEN American Center Freedom to Write program, introduces the 2007 event Dirty Wars: Readings Against Torture, Arbitrary Detention, Kidnapping, and Rendition. More
Marie Ponsot Reads an Untitled Poem by Scott Walt
Marie Ponsot reads Scott Walt's untitled poem, winner of an honorable mention for poetry in PEN's 2004 Prison Writing Contest, at the 2009 event Breakout: Voices from Inside. More
Daniel Alarcón Reads from Lost City Radio
Daniel Alarcón reads from Lost City Radio at the event Gritty Realism, part of the 2007 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Wole Soyinka Reads from The Last Summer of Reason by Tahar Djaout
Wole Soyinka reads from The Last Summer of Reason by Tahar Djaout at Banned Voices, part of the 2005 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Guillermo Arriaga Reads from The Night Buffalo
Guillermo Arriaga reads from The Night Buffalo at the event Gritty Realism, part of the 2007 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Huang Xiang Reads his Poetry
Huang Xiang reads his poetry in Chinese, with English translation by Larry Siems, at Banned Voices, part of the 2005 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Jorge Franco Reads from Paradise Travel
Jorge Franco reads from the first chapter of Paradise Travel at the event Gritty Realism, part of the 2007 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Shahrnush Parsipur Reads from Women Without Men
Shahrnush Parsipur reads from her novel Women Without Men at Banned Voices, part of the 2005 PEN World Voices Festival. More
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