Audio + Video

April 30, 2011 | The Cooper Union | New York City With Jonathan Franzen, Warren Macdonald, Jenny Allen, Edgar Oliver, and Elif Shafak; hosted by Salman Rushdie; directed by Catherine… More

With Jennifer Egan and Jacob WeisbergWhat shapes a novel beyond its beginning, middle, and end? Does structure trigger narrative? Author of 2011's genre-defying, A Visit From The Goon Squad,… More

With Margaret Atwood and Amy Grace LoydWhat does it mean to write with the Web? How does our constant access to information and ideas affect the landscape of imagination?… More

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valter hugo mãe reads his essay "Against Everyone" at Face-to-Face: Confronting the Torturers, part of the 2010 PEN World Voices Festival. More

Sofi Oksanen reads a chapter from My Marvelous Life by Hans Luik at Face-to-Face: Confronting the Torturers, part of the 2010 PEN World Voices Festival. More

Randa Jarrar reads "Revenge," a poem by Taha Muhammad Ali, at Face-to-Face: Confronting the Torturers, part of the 2010 PEN World Voices Festival. More

Rodrigo Fresán reads fragments of two letters by Rodolfo Walsh at Face-to-Face: Confronting the Torturers, part of the 2010 PEN World Voices Festival. More

Peter Schneider reads excerpts from the Stasi files at Face-to-Face: Confronting the Torturers, part of the 2010 PEN World Voices Festival. More