Three Minutes Or Less

Each October at the PEN/Faulkner Gala, well-known authors take the stage of the Folger Shakespeare Library's Elizabethan Theatre to ponder the meaning of such universal mysteries as obsession, illusion, first love, heroes, and more. Each author is given only three minutes or less to speak. The results have been unpredictable - clever, confessional, inspiring, hilarious, profound, and all of them entertaining. Over a hundred and fifty essays have been collected for the first time, and comprise this unique anthology.