Audio + Video
PEN Literary Gala 2014: 2014 Digital Freedom Award: Twitter
On May 5, at PEN's 2014 Literary Gala, Dick Costolo, CEO of Twitter, received the inaugural PEN/Toni and James C. Goodale Digital Freedom Award for bringing new forms of… More
PEN Literary Gala 2014: Opening Remarks: Peter Godwin
Peter Godwin, President of PEN, makes opening remarks at the 2014 PEN American Center Literary Gala on May 5, 2014. More
Obsession: Jennifer Boylan on Lost Loves
...or rather lost love. One love. One particular past relationship, from her high school years, which has carved out an enduring nook in author and LGBT activist Jennifer Finney… More
Workshop—Deborah Solomon: How to Conduct an Interview (audio)
Deborah Solomon, a biographer of American artists who had a second career as the longtime "Questions For" columnist at the New York Times Magazine, will reveal her secret strategies… More
Jive Poetic reads at The Nuyorican Poets Cafe
The Nuyorican Poets Cafe and the PEN World Voices Festival present a May Day literary celebration that features Kenyan political cartoonist Gado, poet laureate Natasha Trethewey, participants from the… More
Davidson Garrett reads at The Nuyorican Poets Cafe
The Nuyorican Poets Cafe and the PEN World Voices Festival present a May Day literary celebration that features Kenyan political cartoonist Gado, poet laureate Natasha Trethewey, participants from the… More
Natasha Trethewey reads at the The Nuyorican Poets Cafe (audio)
The Nuyorican Poets Cafe and the PEN World Voices Festival present a May Day literary celebration that features Kenyan political cartoonist Gado, poet laureate Natasha Trethewey, participants from the… More
In Conversation: Osama Alomar and Lydia Davis with Sjon
In Chicago, Osama Alomar is a cab driver. In his home town of Damascus, he is an accomplished poet. Now, after years of living in obscurity, his flame has… More
In Conversation: Timothy Garton Ash and Salman Rushdie
Renowned author and former PEN American Center President Salman Rushdie, who founded the World Voices Festival in 2005, discusses the importance of freedom of expression with his friend and… More
Workshop—Sarah McNally: Why Books Sell (audio)
Sarah McNally, owner of SoHo’s beloved McNally Jackson Books, leads this workshop on the complicated reality of what sells from a number of different angles: the reader navigating a… More
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