April 25 | The Town Hall | New York City

With Don DeLillo, Kiran Desai, Neil Gaiman, Nadine Gordimer, Alain Mabanckou, Steve Martin, Salman Rushdie, Pia Tafdrup, Tatyana Tolstaya, Saadi Youssef

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Copyright © 2007 Beowulf Sheehan/PEN American Center

 LISTEN 
• Entire event (1:30:52)

LISTEN TO SEGMENTS
• Don DeLillo: from Falling Man  (8:53)

• Kiran Desai: from The Inheritance Of Loss  (9:49)

• Neil Gaiman: from postscript to American Gods and "Instructions"(8:57)

• Nadine Gordimer: excerpts from "The Ultimate Safari"

• Alain Mabanckou (5:42)

• Steve Martin: from Born Standing Up (9:55)

• Salman Rushdie: "The Ground" (10:52)

• Pia Tafdrup (7:37)

• Tatyana Tolstaya: from The Slynx (8:37)

• Saadi Youssef (8:13)

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