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Iran: A Conversation About the Elections, Protest, and the Future
With Shaul Bakhash, Roger Cohen, Haleh Esfandiari, and Karim SadjadpourWhat is happening in heavily censored Iran? And where are todays events taking this country of 70 million people, two-thirds… More
The ACLU’s Jameel Jaffer on PEN’s Challenge to the FISA Amendments Act
Jameel Jaffer, director of the ACLU's National Security Project, discusses the suit brought by PEN American Center and other organizations challenging the FISA Amendments Act and the warrantless survellance… More
DEFIANCE: The Spirit of ’89
With Eszter Babarczy, Jose Dalisay, Nick Flynn, Sergio Ramírez, Sarah Schulman, Larry Siems, Hwang Sok-yong, János Térey, and Paul VerhaeghenJune 5, 1989: An unidentified man faces down a column… More
Coraline, Sandman: Books and Imagination—A Conversation with Neil Gaiman
Internationally celebrated author Neil Gaiman has written across a variety of literary fields, including short stories, novels, graphic novels, comics, and films. He is the creator of the enormously… More
Edmund Keeley: PEN President from 1991-1993
Celebrating PEN American Center's 90th anniversary, we're checking in with former presidents, staff, and active members to reflect on the past, present, and future of the world's oldest literary… More
Sarah Schulman Reads “The Transformation of Silence Into Language and Action” by Audre Lourde
June 5, 1989: An unidentified man faces down a column of tanks a day after hundreds are massacred in Tiananmen Square. It is one of the most enduring images… More
Paul Verhaeghen Reads Survival in Auschwitz by Primo Levi
June 5, 1989: An unidentified man faces down a column of tanks a day after hundreds are massacred in Tiananmen Square. It is one of the most enduring images… More
Nick Flynn Reads “Japser, Texas, 1998” by Lucille Clifton
June 5, 1989: An unidentified man faces down a column of tanks a day after hundreds are massacred in Tiananmen Square. It is one of the most enduring images… More
Larry Siems Discusses Imprisoned Activist Liu Xiaobo
June 5, 1989: An unidentified man faces down a column of tanks a day after hundreds are massacred in Tiananmen Square. It is one of the most enduring images… More
Jose Dalisay Reads Poems by Alfredo Navarro Salanga
June 5, 1989: An unidentified man faces down a column of tanks a day after hundreds are massacred in Tiananmen Square. It is one of the most enduring images… More
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