PEN AMERICA
20th Annual World Voices Festival
Celebrating International Literature
The World Voices Festival, founded in 2004 by Salman Rushdie, Michael Roberts, and Esther Allen, is PEN America’s celebration of international literature and writers. Honoring our organization’s hundred-year history of uniting writers and readers to celebrate creative expression and the freedom to write for all, the Festival was founded in the wake of 9/11 to counter U.S. isolationism and broaden the channels of dialogue between the United States and the world.
This Year’s Voices
Featured NY Events
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Breaking the Novel
Wednesday May 88:00 PM – 9:15 PMChurch of the Village$20Speakers: Jennifer Egan, Geetanjali Shree, Maurice Carlos Ruffin -
Confronting the Powerful
Wednesday May 86:30 PM – 7:45 PMJoe’s Pub$20Speakers: Patrick Radden Keefe, Jonathan Blitzer, Patricia Evangelista, George Packer -
Literary Community & Mentorship
Friday May 108:00 PM – 9:15 PMChurch of the Village$20Speakers: Roxane Gay, Min Jin Lee, Leigh Newman, Dalia Azim -
Disappearing Acts: Censoring American Theater
Friday May 106:30 PM – 7:45 PMJoe’s Pub$20Speakers: Lynn Nottage, Carlyle Brown, Jeanine Tesori, Moisés Kaufman, John Weidman
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Haunted Territory: The Weight of History
Saturday May 182:00 PM – 3:30 PMThe Wende MuseumSpeakers: Jenny Erpenbeck, Charmaine Craig -
Los Angeles Latinidad: Past, Present, and Future
Wednesday May 157:00 PM – 8:30 PMThe Preserve$10Speakers: Héctor Tobar, George J. Sánchez, Kelly Lytle Hernández -
Love in the Big City
Friday May 177:00 PM – 8:30 PMThe Preserve$10Speakers: Sang Young Park, Rex Ogle -
“A self is a fold of forces”: Poetics of the human and more-than-human
Saturday May 117:00 PM – 8:30 PMThe Preserve$10Speakers: Amy Gerstler, Daniela Naomi Molnar, Louise Steinman