Video: Writers Read from “Testament” by Oleg Sentsov
On the occasion of his 42nd birthday, and to mark his continued incarceration and ongoing hunger strike, writers from around the world read excerpts from Oleg Sentsov’s “Testament.”
Jul 2018
Press: Appeared in PEN America
Oct 2017
Video: Art as Activism: An Evening with Ai Weiwei
Literature is a place where we can construct new realities together, but unless the literature available to us is representative, those new realities threaten to reconstruct the prejudice and discrimination of the world we live in. — Ai Weiwei
May 2017
Video: Portraying Gay Male Life Today
How are today’s realities and paradoxes shifting what gay writers and activists take on? Writers and artists Ali Asgar,Édouard Louis, Garth Greenwell and Andrew Solomon explore how gay life, gay men and gay culture are changing and how artists are responding in their work.
Apr 2017
Video: 2017 PEN America Literary Gala
Andrew Solomon’s remarks at the 2017 PEN America Literary Gala.
Jan 2017
Video: PEN America WRITERS RESIST Protest to Defend Free Expression
Writers and artists have taken a collective stand to defend free expression, reject hatred, and uphold the truth.
May 2016
Video: 2016 PEN America Literary Gala
Andrew Solomon’s opening remarks at the 2016 PEN America Literary Gala, held on May 16, 2016, at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
Apr 2016
Video: PEN World Voices Festival: Far & Away
PEN President Andrew Solomon discusses his new book, Far and Away: Reporting from the Brink of Change, at the Instituto Cervantes, New York City.
Apr 2016
Video: Andrew Solomon & Maria Stepanova: A Literary Conversation
Andrew Solomon and Maria Stepanova discuss Russian culture and society, the voice of the intelligentsia, and the challenges of independent presses.
Sep 2015
Dear President Xi: A Message from America’s Writers
We urge you to release the Chinese writers and journalists who are languishing in jail for the crime of expressing their opinions.
Mar 2015
Video: Highlights of the 2014 PEN Literary Awards
For more than 50 years, the PEN Literary Awards have honored many of the most outstanding voices in literature.
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