Audio + Video
Chinua Achebe: Things Fall Apart
Chinua Achebe reads from Things Fall Apart as part of Faith & Reason: Writers Speak, which took place during the 2006 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Martin Amis Reads “Graham Greene” from Visiting Mrs. Nabokov
Martin Amis reads "Graham Greene" from his book Visiting Mrs. Nabokov, at the event An Evening Without..., part of the 2006 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Honor Moore Reads from Charter 08 and from the Verdict against Liu Xiaobo
Honor Moore reads from Charter 08, the December 10, 2008 declaration calling for political reforms, greater human rights, and an end to one-party rule in China, and from the… More
E.L. Doctorow Reads from Charter 08 and a Poem by Liu Xiaobo
Doctorow reads from Charter 08, the December 2008 declaration calling for political reforms, greater human rights, and an end to one-party rule in China, and a Liu Xiaobo poem. More
K. Anthony Appiah Introduces Writers Rally for Release of Liu Xiaobo
K. Anthony Appiah introduces the 2009 event Writers Rally for the Release of Liu Xiaobo. More
Francine Prose Introduces Bringing Down the Great Firewall of China
Francine Prose offers opening remarks to the 2008 PEN event Bringing Down the Great Firewall of China: Silenced Writers Speak. More
Iran: A Conversation About the Elections, Protest, and the Future
Shaul Bakhash, Roger Cohen, Haleh Esfandiari, and Karim Sadjadpour discuss the future of Iran during the 2009 event Iran: A Conversation About the Elections, Protest, and the Future. More
Iran: A Conversation About the Elections, Protest, and the Future
Shaul Bakhash, Roger Cohen, Haleh Esfandiari, and Karim Sadjadpour discuss the future of Iran during the 2009 event Iran: A Conversation About the Elections, Protest, and the Future. More
David Cole & Art Spiegelman Read from a Legal Counsel Memo and Detainee Account
David Cole reads an excerpt from a legal memo signed by Jay Bybee relating to the proposed interrogation of Abu Zubaydah, while Art Spiegelman reads excerpts from detainee Abu… More
Nick Laird Reads his Poetry
Nick Laird reads "The Given," "Conversation," "To the Wife," "Light Pollution" and "Pug" at the PEN Cabaret, part of the 2009 PEN World Voices Festival. More
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