PEN America PEN America New York PEN America stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect open expression in the United States and worldwide. We champion the freedom to write, recognizing the power of the word to transform the world. Our mission is to unite writers and their allies to celebrate creative expression and defend the liberties that make it possible. PEN America’s popular tracks Opening Lines Of Lolita, Read By James Mason by PEN America published on 2017-05-11T17:38:04Z Amiri Baraka Reads “Rhythm Travel” by PEN America published on 2012-08-15T18:27:00Z Edwidge Danticat Reads Poems “Tourist” and “Boat People” by Felix Morisseau-Leroy by PEN America published on 2012-08-15T16:16:36Z Eve Ensler Reads “Midrash on Happiness” by Grace Paley by PEN America published on 2012-08-09T15:15:41Z Christopher Hitchens Freedom to Write Lecture by PEN America published on 2012-07-12T15:39:18Z Wolf Biermann by PEN America published on 2017-01-23T18:39:02Z Walter Mosley Reads “Wants” by Grace Paley by PEN America published on 2012-08-09T15:16:30Z Nationalism in East and Central Europe: The Writer's Dilemma, 4/12/1992 by PEN America published on 2016-12-21T22:16:08Z Conversations with Distinguished Authors: Umberto Eco and Susan Sontag, 10/24/1984 by PEN America published on 2016-12-23T23:52:17Z Toni Morrison Reads from Paradise by PEN America published on 2012-08-01T19:20:21Z Chinua Achebe Reads from Things Fall Apart by PEN America published on 2012-08-01T19:15:04Z Toni Morrison Reads “English and the African Writer” by Chinua Achebe by PEN America published on 2012-08-09T21:52:15Z Nadine Gordimer Reads from “The Ultimate Safari” by PEN America published on 2012-08-02T16:33:52Z PENultimate Lit: An Evening on Music & Literature by PEN America published on 2012-08-22T17:56:44Z Native American Voices: A Dialogue Across the Generations, 12/6/1994 by PEN America published on 2017-01-04T23:02:12Z Conversations with Distinguished Foreign Writers: Susan Sontag and Chinua Achebe, 4/5/1989 by PEN America published on 2017-01-10T22:26:09Z Required Reading & Other Dangerous Subjects: Amy Tan by PEN America published on 2017-04-27T22:22:05Z Conversation: Patrick McGrath & Martin Amis by PEN America published on 2012-08-01T19:32:03Z Three Poems By Soren Stockman by PEN America published on 2014-03-21T19:52:03Z The Writer Talks: Madeleine L'Engle by PEN America published on 2017-01-23T20:34:42Z Bravery In Poetry: Edward Hirsch on Joseph Brodsky by PEN America published on 2015-10-15T21:14:33Z A Conversation with Oriana Fallaci, 12/5/1980 by PEN America published on 2016-12-23T21:05:45Z Bilge Karasu, 4/5/1994 by PEN America published on 2017-01-04T04:35:37Z Suheir Hammad Reads “break (clustered)” by PEN America published on 2012-08-09T21:36:07Z PEN America Emerging Voices Podcast Episode 009 Julia Callahan by PEN America published on 2019-04-03T01:16:08Z Prayer and Meditation: Maira Kalman by PEN America published on 2015-05-09T13:23:37Z Panel: Censorship in the Israeli Occupied Territory, 12/6/1982 by PEN America published on 2016-12-20T03:19:21Z Zadie Smith Reads from On Beauty by PEN America published on 2012-08-01T19:21:01Z Mario Vargas Llosa Reads from The Bad Girl (in Spanish) by PEN America published on 2012-08-15T15:14:22Z Umberto Eco Discusses the Advantages of Fiction for Life and Death by PEN America published on 2012-08-15T17:07:34Z
Edwidge Danticat Reads Poems “Tourist” and “Boat People” by Felix Morisseau-Leroy by PEN America published on 2012-08-15T16:16:36Z
Eve Ensler Reads “Midrash on Happiness” by Grace Paley by PEN America published on 2012-08-09T15:15:41Z
Nationalism in East and Central Europe: The Writer's Dilemma, 4/12/1992 by PEN America published on 2016-12-21T22:16:08Z
Conversations with Distinguished Authors: Umberto Eco and Susan Sontag, 10/24/1984 by PEN America published on 2016-12-23T23:52:17Z
Toni Morrison Reads “English and the African Writer” by Chinua Achebe by PEN America published on 2012-08-09T21:52:15Z
Native American Voices: A Dialogue Across the Generations, 12/6/1994 by PEN America published on 2017-01-04T23:02:12Z
Conversations with Distinguished Foreign Writers: Susan Sontag and Chinua Achebe, 4/5/1989 by PEN America published on 2017-01-10T22:26:09Z
Required Reading & Other Dangerous Subjects: Amy Tan by PEN America published on 2017-04-27T22:22:05Z
PEN America Emerging Voices Podcast Episode 009 Julia Callahan by PEN America published on 2019-04-03T01:16:08Z
Panel: Censorship in the Israeli Occupied Territory, 12/6/1982 by PEN America published on 2016-12-20T03:19:21Z
Mario Vargas Llosa Reads from The Bad Girl (in Spanish) by PEN America published on 2012-08-15T15:14:22Z
Umberto Eco Discusses the Advantages of Fiction for Life and Death by PEN America published on 2012-08-15T17:07:34Z