Ever wonder what was in Chuck Palahniuk's basement? We asked PEN Members to send us photos of their private lives so you could have a look. Join us in a mixed-media experiment to explore the intersection of the public and private, the visual and written.

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Festival Participants

André Aciman
(Egypt/U.S.)

Rabih Alameddine
(Lebanon/U.S.)

Esther Allen
(U.S.)

Meena Alexander
(India/U.S.)

Yousef Al-Mohaimeed
(Saudi Arabia/Lebanon)

Marcy Arlin
(U.S.)

Àngels Aymar
(Spain)

Calvin Baker
(U.S.)

Kevin Baker
(U.S.)

Todd Barry
(U.S.)

Charles Baxter
(U.S.)

Susan Bernofsky
(U.S.)

Andy Borowitz
(U.S.)

Carmen Boullosa
(Mexico/U.S.)

Coral Bracho
(Mexico)

Marina Budhos
(U.S.)

Ian Buruma
(Netherlands/U.S./U.K.)

Peter Carey
(Australia/U.S.)

Claudia Wilsch Case
(U.S.)

Horacio Castellanos Moya
(El Salvador/U.S.)

Ana Castillo
(U.S.)

Mallory Catlett
(U.S.)

Tina Chang
(U.S.)

Cosmin Chivu
(U.S.)

Anna Crowe
(United Kingdom)

Migdalia Cruz
(U.S.)

Stacey D'Erasmo
(U.S.)

Juan de Recacoechea
(Bolivia)

Fatou Diome
(Senegal/France)

Rachel Donadio
(U.S.)

György Dragomán
(Hungary/Romania)

Flora Drew
(U.K.)

Umberto Eco
(Italy)

Jennifer Egan
(U.S.)

Deborah Eisenberg
(U.S.)

Hasan Elahi
(U.S.)

Morgan Entrekin
(U.S.)

Barbara Epler
(U.S.)

Asli Erdogan
(Turkey)

Ximena Escalante
(Mexico)

Péter Esterházy
(Hungary)

Jeffrey Eugenides
(U.S.)

Nuruddin Farah
(Somalia/South Africa)

Antonello Faretta
(Italy)

Mia Farrow
(U.S.)

Don Faulkner
(U.S.)

Dedi Felman
(U.S.)

Sharon Flake
(U.S.)

Josep Fonalleras
(Spain)

Edwin Frank
(U.S.)

Halfdan Freihow
(Norway)

Alexandra Fuller
(U.S.)

Joshua Furst
(U.S.)

Linda Gaboriau
(Canada)

Forrest Gander
(U.S.)

John Giorno
(U.S.)

Francisco Goldman
(U.S.)

Rebecca Goldstein
(U.S.)

Adam Gopnik
(U.S.)

Jason Grote
(U.S.)

Arnon Grunberg
(Netherlands/U.S.)

Xiaolu Guo
(China)

Marilyn Hacker
(U.S.)

Nathalie Handal
(U.S.)

John Wesley Harding
(U.K.)

Yael Hedaya
(Israel)

Aleksandar Hemon
(Bosnia and Herzegovina/U.S.)

Brian Henry
(U.S.)

Alvis Hermanis
(Latvia)

Paul Holdengräber
(U.S.)

A.M. Homes
(U.S.)

Sebastian Horsley
(U.K.)

Chenjerai Hove
(Zimbabwe/Norway)

Fanny Howe
(U.S.)

Wen Huang
(U.S.)

Violaine Huisman
(France/U.S.)

Andrés Ibáñez
(Spain)

Mercè Ibarz
(Spain)

Uzodinma Iweala
(Nigeria/U.S.)

Bill T. Jones
(U.S.)

Radhika Jones
(U.S.)

Lieve Joris
(Belgium)

Christian Jungersen
(Denmark)

Irakli Kakabadze
(Georgia)

Moisés Kaufman
(U.S.)

Daniel Kehlmann
(Austria/Germany)

Etgar Keret
(Israel)

Sara Khalili
(U.S.)

Elias Khoury
(Lebanon/U.S.)

Young-ha Kim
(South Korea)

Wayne Koestenbaum
(U.S.)

Michael Krüger
(Germany)

Eduardo Lago
(Spain/U.S.)

Philip Levine
(U.S.)

Bernard-Henri Lévy
(France/U.S.)

Elizabeth Levy
(U.S.)

Kate Loewald
(U.S.)

Leonard Lopate
(U.S.)

Ma Jian
(China/U.K.)

Michael Patrick MacDonald
(U.S.)

Rian Malan
(South Africa)

Janet Malcolm
(Czechoslovakia/U.S.)

Joan Margarit
(Spain)

Colum McCann
(Ireland/U.S.)

Patricia McCormick
(U.S.)

Ian McEwan
(U.K.)

Ivy Meeropol
(U.S.)

Dinaw Mengestu
(Ethiopia/U.S.)

Amanda Michalopoulou
(Greece)

Catherine Millet
(France)

Chiori Miyagawa
(U.S.)

Albert Mobilio
(U.S.)

Antonio Monda
(Italy/U.S.)

Rick Moody
(U.S.)

Michael Moore
(U.S.)

Ian Morgan
(U.S.)

Antonio Muñoz Molina
(Spain)

Pam Muñoz Ryan
(U.S.)

Thant Myint-U
(Burma/U.S.)

Fatima Naqvi
(Austria/U.S.)

Sara Nelson
(U.S.)

Jo Nesbø
(Norway)

Mary Ann Newman
(U.S.)

Idra Novey
(U.S.)

Kristin Ómarsdóttir
(Iceland)

Michael Ondaatje
(Sri Lanka/Canada)

Julie Otsuka
(U.S.)

Sameer Padania
(U.K.)

Bea Palya
(Hungary)

Barbara Parsons
(U.S.)

Dale Peck
(U.S.)

Steven Pinker
(Canada)

Travis Preston
(U.S.)

Francine Prose
(U.S.)

Annie Proulx
(U.S.)

Victoria Redel
(U.S.)

Nina Revoyr
(Japan/U.S.)

Irina Reyn
(Russia/U.S.)

Michael Reynolds
(Australia)

Jutta Richter
(Germany)

Carme Riera
(Spain)

Mary Robinson
(Ireland)

J. T. Rogers
(U.S.)

Olivier Rolin
(France)

S.J. Rozan
(U.S.)

John Gould Rubin
(U.S.)

Salman Rushdie
(India/U.S.)

Stephanie Sandler
(U.S.)

Roberto Saviano
(Italy)

Rakesh Saytal
(U.S.)

Evelyn Schlag
(Austria)

Bernhard Schlink
(Germany)

Ben Schrank
(U.S.)

Ingo Schulze
(Germany)

Joanna Scott
(U.S.)

Tom Sellar
(U.S.)

Francesc Serés
(Spain)

Ravi Shankar
(U.S.)

Kashmira Sheth
(U.S.)

Christopher Shinn
(U.S.)

Anja Sicking
(Netherlands)

Charles Simic
(Serbia/U.S.)

Peter Sis
(Czechoslovakia/U.S.)

Christopher Southward
(U.S.)

Hillary Spector
(U.S.)

Biljana Srbljanović
(Serbia)

Saša Stanišić
(Bosnia/Germany)

Shilarna Stokes
(U.S.)

Erika Stucky
(Switzerland/U.S.)

Pireeni Sundaralingam
(Sri Lanka/U.S.)

Sarah Cameron Sunde
(U.S.)

Christina Svendsen
(U.S.)

Caridad Svich
(U.S.)

Sam Tanenhaus
(U.S.)

Gonçalo Tavares
(Portugal)

Jackson Taylor
(U.S.)

Anderson Tepper
(U.S.)

Fiona Templeton
(U.K./U.S.)

P.F. Thomése
(Netherlands)

Liesl Tommy
(U.S.)

Michel Tremblay
(Canada)

Genya Turovskaya
(U.S.)

Paul van Zyl
(Netherlands/U.S.)

Mario Vargas Llosa
(Peru)

Juan Gabriel Vásquez
(Colombia)

Vladimir
(U.S.)

Abdourahman Waberi
(Djibouti/France)

Binyavanga Wainaina
(Kenya)

Eleanor Wachtel
(Canada)

Matt Weiland
(U.S.)

Eliot Weinberger
(U.S.)

Leon Wieseltier
(U.S.)

Jeffrey Yang
(U.S.)

A.B. Yehoshua
(Israel)

Lila Azam Zanganeh
(U.S./France)