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Obsession: Dan Savage on Plaques and Trophies (audio)
Honoring one month since the passing of legislation legalizing gay marriage in the US, listen to columnist Dan Savage on this week's #PENpodcast More
Laila Lalami Performs at An Evening With the Moth
At an event with The Moth during the 2007 PEN World Voices Festival, Laila Lalami discusses how she came to write her first novel. More
Nikki Giovanni: Making James Baldwin
"Never refuse to hear the cry of the anguished, or the laughter in the blues." Nikki Giovanni pays tribute to James Baldwin. Listen to this week's #PENpodcast in honor of… More
Marilynne Robinson Reads From “Wilderness”
Marilynne Robinson reads from "Wilderness," a chapter from her 1998 book, The Death of Adam: Essays on Modern Thought. From the 2007 PEN World Voices Festival. More
Prayer and Meditation with Brenda Shaughnessy (audio)
"I divide my time between a fuzzy, word-averse sadness, and being stunned into silence as a worldview." Poet Brenda Shaughnessy participated in Prayers and Mediation at the 2015 World… More
E.L. Doctorow Reads from City of God (Audio)
In memory of E.L. Doctorow, who passed away on July 21 at the age of 84, PEN features a piece from our archives. In this podcast Doctorow reads from… More
Colson Whitehead Reads From The Road by Cormac McCarthy
"But the boy knew what he knew. That ever is no time at all." More
Todd Solondz Reads Nelson Mandela’s 1962 Court Address
On what would be former President of South Africa Nelson Mandela's 97th birthday, we feature Todd Solondz's reading of Mandela's 1962 court address from a 2006 PEN event. More
Salman Rushdie Reads “Wild Garlic Gatherers” by Natalia Estemirova (Audio)
Listen to a piece from our archives in memory of Chechnya-based Russian journalist and leading human rights activist Natalia Estemirova, who was assassinated six years ago on July 15,… More
A Tribute to Pablo Neruda
Martín Espada reads his translations of Neruda’s “Octopi” and "The Celestial Poets," and his own poem, “The Fugitive Poets of Fenway Park.” More