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Cocktail Hour Reading: Irvine Welsh
April 29, 2011 | Bowery Poetry Club | New York City Irvine Welsh reads at a Cocktail Hour Reading, part of the 2011 PEN World Voices Festival. More
The PEN Fall Literary Tasting at Westbeth Artists’ Housing
November 17, 2011 | Westbeth Center for the Arts | New York CityAt an evening of literary readings in the warmth of the Westbeth artist residency located in the… More
Best Translated Book Awards
Hosted by Chad W. Post Established writers and translators such as David Grossman and Susan Bernofsky go up against relative newcomers such as Julia Franck and Edward Gauvin in this… More
Tom Fleming: PEN President from 1971-1973
As the 90th anniversary of the founding of PEN American Center approaches, PEN checks in with former presidents, staff, and members to reflect on the past, present, and future… More
János Térey Reads “Tell Fortinbras” by Tomas Venclova
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
Jameel Jaffer Reads Guantánamo Bay Affidavit
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
Hwang Sok-Yong Reads from The Old Garden
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
Suketu Mehta Reads a Letter by Mahatma Gandhi
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
We Remember You, Liu Xiaobo
PEN American President Kwame Anthony Appiah sends a message to Liu Xiaobo one year after he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. PEN and all of Liu Xiaobo's supporters… More
Estela Lebron on the U.S. Government’s Abuse of Her Son, Jose Padilla
In 2002, Jose Padilla was deisgnated an "enemy combatant" by the U.S. government. Upon his capture, he was held in complete isolation and subjected to abusive interrogations for almost… More
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