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2015 PEN World Voices Festival: On Ukraine from the Inside (video)
A conspiracy thriller documentary, The Russian Woodpecker follows eccentric Ukrainian artist Fedor Alexandrovich as he unmasks a Chernobyl disaster cover-up amid clouds of war and revolution. Winner of a… More
2015 PEN World Voices Festival: On Ukraine from the Inside (video)
A conspiracy thriller documentary, The Russian Woodpecker follows eccentric Ukrainian artist Fedor Alexandrovich as he unmasks a Chernobyl disaster cover-up amid clouds of war and revolution. Winner of a… More
On Ukraine from the Inside (audio)
A conspiracy thriller documentary, The Russian Woodpecker follows eccentric Ukrainian artist Fedor Alexandrovich as he unmasks a Chernobyl disaster cover-up amid clouds of war and revolution. Winner of a… More
Ninety Minutes, Three Minds (audio)
Moderated by Vanity Fair staff editor Anderson Tepper, these conversations get up close with three top African writers: Adéwálé Àjàdí (Nigeria), activist and author of the hit play Abyssinia;… More
Print Renaissance (video)
How has the printed book found a home in the digital world? Do handmade books become more precious because much of our writing and reading is now done online?… More
Who We Talk About When We Talk About Translation: Women’s Voices (video)
A "consciousness-raising" discussion of how and why women's voices are missing in the field of translation. More
Who We Talk About When We Talk About Translation: The Bloggers (video)
Bloggers increasingly lead in reviewing international literature, as column inches for book reviews in traditional outlets have shrunk. Prominent bloggers discuss their role and how it's evolving. More
Prayer and Meditation ( full audio)
A wish, an invocation, an impassioned plea. For this contemplative evening of meditation, the Festival has commissioned an esteemed assembly of writers and artists from a wide range of… More
PEN World Voices 2015: Armenian Genocide – A Dark Paradigm (audio)
Panelists Ronald Suny, Eric Bogosian, Nancy Kricorian, Maureen Freely, Peter Balakian, Ragip Zarakolu, and Robert Jay Lifton discussed the Armenian artists and writers who were killed at the beginning… More
Prayer and Meditation (full video)
For this contemplative evening, an assembly of writers and artists took to the stage to read their original, deeply personal prayers and meditations. More