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Alex Dimitrov Reads Allen Ginsberg
In celebration of this year's Banned Books Week, Alex Dimitrov reads "I Am Not" and "Personals Ad" by the frequently-banned Allen Ginsberg. More
Jennifer Egan Reads From A Visit From the Goon Squad
In commemoration of her birthday on September 7, listen to Jennifer Egan give a reading from her Pulitzer Prize winning book, A Visit From the Goon Squad. More
Kiran Desai Reads from The Inheritance of Loss
Kiran Desai, whose birthday is today, reads from The Inheritance of Loss at Town Hall Readings: Writing Home, part of the 2007 PEN World Voices Festival. The Inheritance of… More
The Passion of Elena Ferrante
In today’s #PENpodcast, Ann Goldstein, New Yorker editor and translator extraordinaire, discusses how she goes about translating a writer who uses different registers of language as a theme of… More
Jeanette Winterson Discusses the Role of Books and Faith in her Life
In celebration of her birthday, listen to this archived podcast of Jeanette Winterson, author of Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit. In this podcast, Winterson discusses the role of… More
2015 World Voices Festival Opening Night: Tom Stoppard (audio)
"We are not trapped in our narrative." More
Anthony Rapp Reads from The Nimrod Flipout by Etgar Keret
Anthony Rapp reads from The Nimrod Flipout, collection of stories by acclaimed Israeli writer and graphic novelist Etgar Keret. Today, Keret celebrates his 48th birthday. More
Opening Night 2015: Tom Stoppard (audio)
"We are not trapped in our narrative." More
Performance of Jonathan Franzen’s New York piece from State by State
Celebrate Jonathan Franzen's birthday, as well as his newest book, Purity, by listening to this week's #PENpodcast More
Eva Hoffman reads “A Poor Christian Looks at the Ghetto” by Czesław Miłosz
Eva Hoffman reads "A Poor Christian Looks at the Ghetto" by Czesław Miłosz. This week marks 11 years since Miłosz's death in 2004. More
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