Audio + Video
Global Correspondences: A Reading from the PEN Journal
With André Aciman, Edward Albee, Anthony Appiah, Ron Chernow, Lydia Davis, Deborah Eisenberg, Nathan Englander, Janet Malcolm, Francine Prose, Sarah Ruhl and others.Global Correspondences, the first reading in support… More
Billy Collins reads “Rain”
Billy Collins reads his poem "Rain" at "Something to Hide: Writers and Artists Against the Surveillance State," Miami Book Fair, November 15, 2008 More
Art Spiegelman Reads George Saunders at Miami Book Fair
Art Spiegelman reads from My Flamboyant Grandson by George Saunders at Something to Hide: Writers and Artists Against the Surveillance State, Miami Book Fair, November 15, 2008. More
Francine Prose Reads Reinaldo Arenas
Francine Prose Reads from The Color of Summer by Reinaldo Arenas at "Something to Hide: Writers and Artists Against the Surveillance State," Miami Book Fair, November 15, 2008 More
Jonathan Mahler on the Surveillance of Maxim Gorky
Jonathan Mahler reads a 1906 New York Times story on Russian surveillance of Maxim Gorky during a visit to the United States at "Something to Hide: Writers and Artists… More
An Evening with Liao Yiwu
September 13, 2011 | The New School, Tishman Auditorium | New York CityWith Liao Yiwu, Wen Huang, Salman Rushdie, and Philip GourevitchPEN American Center is honored to present poet,… More
Conversation: Chris Abani & Walter Mosley
Chris Abani and Walter Mosley discuss the political and moral responsibility of the writer; writing in the face of tyranny; Abani's experience as a political prisoner in Nigeria, and… More
Contemporary Writing from Pakistan
April 30, 2011 | Asia Society | New York CityWith Hasina Gul, and Fahmida Riaz; moderated by Waqas KhwajaCo-sponsored by Asia Society, Dalkey Archive, and GrantaPakistani culture continues its… More
Tariq Ramadan Video Statement for the 2006 PEN World Voices Festival
Tariq Ramadan delivers a video statement for the 2006 PEN World Voices Festival. More
The Seven Sentences of Liu Xiaobo
E.L. Doctorow, Don DeLillo, Kwame Anthony Appiah, Edward Albee, A.M. Homes, Honor Moore, Victoria Redel, and other PEN Members gathered on the steps of the New York Public Library… More