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2008 EVENTS

Below are PEN Events from 2008. Visit the multimedia archive for recordings and photos.

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PUBLIC PROGRAMS: 2008

Ending Torture: Writers and Lawyers on the Way Forward
December 16, 2008

With: Jane Mayer, Anouar Benmalek, Elisa Massimino, and Scott Horton; moderated by Slate’s Dahlia Lithwick

Salman Rushdie & Nathan Englander
November 16, 2008



Something to Hide:
Writers and Artists Against the Surveillance State

November 15, 2008

With: Francine Prose, Carl Hiaasen, Esmeralda Santiago, Art Spiegelman, Steve Connell, Sekou (tha misfit), and others

Reading Burma: A Benefit for Cyclone Relief and Freedom of Expression in Burma/Myanmar
September 23, 2008

With:
Kiran Desai, Venerable U Gawsita, Siri Hustvedt, Joseph Lelyveld, George Packer, Orhan Pamuk, Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, and Salman Rushdie

Literature & the Small Screen
September 14, 2008

With: Richard Price & A.M. Homes

Beyond Margins: A Critical Perspective
October 15, 2008

With:
Joseph Marshall III, Ibrahim Ahmad, Margo Jefferson, and Rigoberto González; moderated by Jane Ciabattari

The Present Past:
Celebrating Writers of Color

October 14, 2008

With:
Amiri Baraka, Joseph M. Marshall III, Allison Hedge Coke, Martha Southgate, and Peter Cameron

Bringing Down the Great Firewall of China:
Silenced Writers Speak on the Eve of the Olympics

August 7, 2008

With: Edward Albee, Russell Banks, Philip Gourevitch, Jessica Hagedorn, Hari Kunzru, Rick Moody, Martha Southgate, Francine Prose and other special guests

Literary Awards ReadingLiterary Awards Reading
May 21, 2008

With: Cynthia Ozick, Alex Mindt, and Theresa Nelson, and Elissa Schappell

2008 PEN Literary Awards Ceremony
May 19, 2008

With: Jessica Hagedorn, Jonathan Ames, A.R. Gurney, Sarah Ruhl, Richard Nelson, Kimiko Hahn, Marie Ponsot, Dalia Sofer, Janet Malcom, Cynthia Ozick, and more

A Tribute to Chinua AchebeA Tribute to Chinua Achebe
February 26, 2008

With: Chinua Achebe, Chris Abani, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Michael Cunningham, Edwidge Danticat, Suheir Hammad, Ha Jin, Colum McCann, and Toni Morrison

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