October 16, 2006 | Donnell Library | New York City

The works of the 2006 Beyond Margins Award recipients are about the complex beauty of the places we call home and the cultural contraband we take with us when we go. This event recognizes the accomplishments of the 2006 PEN/Beyond Margins Award winners: Richard Blanco, author of Directions to the Beach of the Dead; Andrew Lam, author of Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora; Ed Bok Lee, author of Real Karaoke People; Caryl Phillips, author of Dancing in the Dark; and Jennifer Tseng, author of The Man With My Face.

Elizabeth Nunez and Sonia Sanchez host an evening of readings and discussion; Russell Banks, Jessica Hagedorn Lili Taylor read from the award-winning works.

PHOTO GALLERY

LISTEN
• Complete event (1:14:04)

LISTEN TO SEGMENTS
• Introductions by Ron Chernow, Elizabeth Nunez, and Sonia Sanchez (6:50)
• Russell Banks reading Andrew Lam (9:45)
• Russell Banks reading Richard Blanco (3:56)
• Lili Taylor reading Ed Bok Lee (6:38)
• Lili Taylor reading Jennifer Tseng (2:25)
• Jessica Hagedorn reading Caryl Phillips (6:05)
• Conversation with Richard Blanco, Ed Bok Lee, Andrew Lam, and Sonia Sanchez (37:19)