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Youth on the Frontlines: Discussion
A panel discussion with Ishmael Beah, Uzodinma Iweala, and Linda Sue Park at the event Youth on the Frontlines, part of the 2007 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Conversation: Duong Thu Huong with Robert Stone & Antoine Audouard
Duong Thu Huong and Robert Stone discuss accepting the fate of a trouble-maker, writing as a moral imperative, and truth and beauty at Conversations in the Library, part of… More
Juan de Recacoechea Reads from American Visa
Juan de Recacoechea reads an excerpt from his novel American Visa at the event The Secret Lives of Cities, part of the 2008 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Conversations in the Library: Zadie Smith & Kurt Andersen
Zadie Smith and Kurt Andersen discuss conceptions of the true world, post–White Teeth guilt and Protestant worry, the benefits of self-reinvention, dead white males, and a defense of gangsta… More
Arnon Grunberg Reads from The Jewish Messiah
Arnon Grunberg reads from his novel The Jewish Messiah at the PEN event Readings from Europe and Mexico, part of the 2008 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Conversation: Kiran Desai & Vikram Chandra, with Rachel Donadio
Kiran Desai and Vikram Chandra discuss their writing with Rachel Donadio during a conversation which took place at the 2007 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Conversation: Patrick McGrath & Martin Amis
Patrick McGrath and Martin Amis discuss doubt, Pascal’s approach to faith, a plausible refutation of religion, the nepotistic figure of Christ, hadith and the theological gamble of suicide bombings,… More
Andrés Ibáñez Reads from El Perfume del Cardamomo
Andrés Ibáñez reads from El Perfume del Cardamomo at the PEN event Readings from Europe and Mexico, part of the 2008 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Conversation: Alain Mabanckou & Dany Laferrière, with Anderson Tepper
Alain Mabanckou, Dany Laferrière and Anderson Tepper discuss subverting stereotypes, playing with language, and provoking controversy during a conversation that took place at the 2007 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Michael Ondaatje & Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Michael Ondaatje and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in conversation at the 2005 PEN World Voices Festival. More
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