Audio + Video
Philip Gourevitch on Reporting Genocide
Philip Gourevitch, Editor of the Paris Review discusses the obscenity of neutrality in the face of genocide and the the cumulative power of truth telling. From the 2006 PEN… More
Philip Gourevitch Discusses the Writer’s Responsibility in Reporting Tragedy
Philip Gourevitch on the unimaginable, the unspeakable, and the unthinkable. What are writers here to do except to imagine, think, and speak. More
Eric Bogosian Reads from “A Journal of a Prisoner” by David Lightner
Eric Bogosian reads a third excerpt from A Journal of a Prisoner by David Lightner at the 2009 event Breakout: Voices from Inside. More
Eric Bogosian Reads from “A Journal of a Prisoner” (part IV)
Eric Bogosian reads a fourth excerpt from "A Journal of a Prisoner" by David Lightner at the 2009 event Breakout: Voices from Inside. More
Dawud Gonzalez Reads a Diary Entry by John Yarbrough
Dawud Gonzalez reads a diary entry by John Yarbrough, a prisoner in the Ramsey I Unit in Rosharon Texas, at the 2009 event Breakout: Voices from Inside. More
Juan Felipe Herrera Reads from Half of the World in Light
Juan Felipe Herrera reads from Half of the World in Light: New and Selected Poems at the 2009 PEN Beyond Margins Celebration. More
Lily Hoang reads from Changing at the 2009 PEN Beyond Margins Celebration
Uwem Akpan reads from Say You're One of Them at the 2009 PEN Beyond Margins Celebration More
Lily Hoang Reads from Changing
Lily Hoang reads from Changing at the 2009 PEN Beyond Margins Celebration. More
Saul Williams: Telegram
Saul Williams performs "Telegram" at the 2007 PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature in New York City. More
Sufjan Stevens: Concerning The UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois
Sufjan Stevens performs Concerning The UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois and other songs at PEN's 2007 PENultimate Lit series. More
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