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Tom Stoppard, M. NourbeSe Philip, Tanya Barfield, Rigoberto González to Receive PEN America Honorary and Career-Achievement Literary Awards
“Fostering and celebrating international literature is central to the mission of the PEN America Literary Awards; we seek to champion original and promising writers of the global community and… More
PEN Out Loud
New Year, New PEN Out Loud: Announcing our incredible lineup of writers who will join us in NYC for conversations about their writing and creative process. More
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On the heels of the #DemocraticDebate, we need to focus on reducing the chaos of disinformation. We need a candidate & party that will take real steps to combat disinformation to promote info integrity. Here are our @PENamerica tips for all candidates https://pen.org/five-ways-political-campaigns-combat-online-disinformation-2020/
Prison and Justice Writing Program Director at PEN America, educator, poet and artist @caits_meissner speaks with @twc_org about her history as a creative writing educator and how it informs her work at PEN America: https://bit.ly/39WZXgZ.
Congratulations to PEN America Member Walter Mosley, @WriteGirlLA, and the many other award recipients who will be recognized at this year's @latimes Book Prizes: https://lat.ms/2HSNFdz.
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