Audio + Video
Pico Iyer Performs at An Evening with the Moth
Pico Iyer tells a story during An Evening With the Moth, part of the 2007 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Writing for an Audience
Adam Gidwitz, Gary Golio, Nora Raleigh Baskin, and Rita Williams-Garcia discuss censorship and imagining an audience at the PEN event Writing Dangerously. More
Conversation: Dave Eggers & Valentino Achak Deng
Dave Eggers and Valentino Achak Deng discuss leaving home and becoming a U.S. citizen during a conversation which took place at the 2007 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Edgar Oliver Performs at An Evening with the Moth
Edgar Oliver, actor, playwright and poet, tells a story during An Evening With the Moth, part of the 2007 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Working Day: Solitude and Community
Art-making demands quiet, solitude—perhaps even loneliness. Yet, the literary imagination also thrives in community. How do writers negotiate these competing needs, for the pure aloneness in which a singular… More
Kiran Desai & Orhan Pamuk Read Press Excerpts at Reading Burma
Kiran Desai & Orhan Pamuk read from press excerpts at the 2008 event Reading Burma: A Benefit for Cyclone Relief and Freedom of Expression in Burma. More
Faith & Fiction
Albert Mobilio, Benjamin Anastas, Nadeem Aslam, Brian Evenson, and Jan Kjærstad discuss religious faith and its relationship to fiction at the event Faith & Fiction, part of the 2009… More
Jonathan Ames Performs at An Evening with The Moth
Jonathan Ames tells a story during An Evening With the Moth, part of the 2007 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Salman Rushdie Reads from The Enchantress of Florence
Salman Rushdie reads from The Enchantress of Florence at Opening Night: Written on Water, part of the 2011 PEN World Voices Festival. More
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