Audio + Video
P.F. Thomése Reads from Shadow Child (Schaduwkind)
P.F. Thomés reads from Shadow Child (Schaduwkind) at the PEN event Readings from Europe and Mexico, part of the 2008 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Conversation: Pico Iyer & Hal Wake
Pico Iyer and Hal Wake discuss traveling and "travel writing" during a conversation which took place at the 2007 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Conversation: Michael Ondaatje & Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Part I
Michael Ondaatje asks Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie about her novel Purple Hibiscus, following an introduction by Peter Carey, in part one of their conversation at the 2005 PEN World Voices… More
Carme Riera Reads in Catalan
Carme Riera reads an excerpt of her work in Catalan at the PEN event Readings from Europe and Mexico, part of the 2008 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Conversation: Neil Gaiman & Marguerite Abouet, with Sean Wilsey
Best selling author Neil Gaiman and graphic novelist Marguerite Abouet discuss their work during a conversation that took place at the 2007 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Words Under Confinement
A panel discussion with Breyten Breytenbach, Massimo Carlotto, Kathleen Cleaver, and Susan Rosenberg (moderated by Drake Stutesman) at the event Words Under Confinement, part of the 2007 PEN World… More
Petina Gappah Reads “My Cousin-Sister Rambanai”
Petina Gappah reads “My Cousin-Sister Rambanai” from her story collection An Elegy for Easterly at Readings From Around the Globe, part of the 2009 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Conversation: Per Petterson & Marilynne Robinson, with Radhika Jones
Discussed: how to write without sounding like oneself; the unknown self revealed through strangers; the imagined reader; passion and amnesia; family as a human phenomeon; and readings from Per… More
Panel Discussion: Gritty Realism
Daniel Alarcón, Guillermo Arriaga, Jorge Franco, and Patrícia Melo discuss violence in the urban environment; making creative work where there is none; political correctness as violence; magical vs. gritty… More
Bernard Comment Reads “Among the Generals” by Antonio Tabucchi
Bernard Comment reads, in Italian, “Among the Generals” by Antonio Tabucchi at Readings From Around the Globe, part of the 2009 PEN World Voices Festival. More
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