Red Meat for Revolutionariesby Taylor Antrim
An Egyptian writer called for a "collective revolution" on the final day of the PEN World Voices Festival, arguing that even in the West, people are "imprisoned by individualism." MORE >>
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Pardon Our Frenchby Sara Nelson
Sara Nelson says a conversation between Adam Gopnik and a bestselling French novelist at the PEN World Voices Festival was a dream for Francophiles who had the chance to soak in an evening about French literature—in French. MORE >>
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The Working Man's Graphic Novelby Liz Goodwin
The Japanese graphic novelist Yoshihiro Tatsumi, 73, has been drawing dark, realistic comics about the lives of working class people for decades. Now, Liz Goodwin writes, he gets to draw exactly what he wants. MORE >>
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What the World Is Readingby Taylor Antrim
Novelist Taylor Antrim finds the PEN World Voices Festival an engaging mix of literary superstars like Salman Rushdie and lesser-known talent, who bring their native languages alive. MORE >>
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Letting Their Voices Be Heardby Sara Nelson
As PEN’s World Voices Literary Festival kicked off with a gala at the Museum of Natural History, the literati came out to honor E.L. Doctorow and support the rights of writers. MORE >>
