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Several writers explored the American experience, historical fiction, and ideas of democracy through the lens of novels by the late Philip Roth, including American Pastoral, The Plot Against…

Pamela Paul, Nicholson Baker, Walter Mosley, Ann Patchett, and Francine Prose talked about Ms. Paul’s anthology, By the Book: Writers on Literature and the Literary Life from The New York Ti…

Michael Korda spoke with authors Christopher Hitchens and Francine Prose about biographical writing at the Smithsonian Castle in Washington, D.C. All three authors were writing books for the…

Francine Prose talked about her book Anne Frank: The Book, the Life, the Afterlife (Harper; September 29, 2009). In her book she examines the impact that Anne Frank’s diary has had on the hi…

Three acclaimed writers discuss the authors who passed feminism on to them and influenced how they write about women. They also touch on the role of women in the publishing industry, and if …

Panelists from PEN American Center spoke about censorship. Sam Tannenhaus moderated. Ana Menendez concluded by reading a list of journalists imprisoned around the world. “Panel on Censors…

James Atlas moderated a panel of biographers who talked about their books and about writing biographies. After their presentations they answered questions from members of the audience. Ch…

Authors read works by various American and international authors to highlight the danger surveillance poses to creative freedom. The programs of PEN International and the American Civil Libe…

David Grossman, an Israeli author and journalist, delivered the Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture. Topics included violence and war, moral judgment, the language of citizens of a sustai…

Ethics in Book Reviewing: The More Things Change"? # Carlin Romano, Philadelphia Inquirer # John Leonard, New York Review of Books # Christopher Hitchens, Author & Literary Critic # …

A tribute was held for Russian journalist and author Anna Politkovskaya, who was murdered on October 7, 2006, in the elevator of her apartment building. A special correspondent for Russia’s …

Representative Bernie Sanders announced the reintroduction of the Freedom to Read Protection Act. The legislation was originally introduced in 2003 to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveill…

PEN American Center presented a forum called “State of Emergency: Unconventional Readings” as part of their “Campaign for Core Freedoms.” Fifteen authors read selections from such writers …

The Yale Review of Books held this panel about the craft of book reviewing. After the discussion they answered questions from members of the audience.

Finalists for the National Book Awards 2000 in non-fiction, fiction, poetry, and young people’s literature read from their works. Mr. Cadnum read from The Book of the Lion, published by Viki…