A merging of poetry and image to make both more meaningful was the focus of the film event on Tuesday night moderated by filmmaker Ram Devineni, a perfect start to the PEN World Voices (at least, this was my starting event.) The short films included ones from Santiago de Chile, France and Israel. The centerpiece of the event was an almost-complete documentary, Ginsberg’s Karma, by Rattapallax Films and edited, directed and producted by Devineni, about poet Alan Ginsberg’s journey to India in 1961 at the age of 35—a trip that changed him forever, the filmmakers say. Performance poet Bob Holman, who made the echo journey to India that is the heart...