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2012 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize
WinnerVanessa Veselka, Zazen The PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize honors an exceptionally talented fiction writer whose debut work—a novel or collection of short stories—represents distinguished literary achievement and suggests great… More
Middletown
Anyway, he was magnificent. The first expressive gesture. From that little curl of the toes to all of the world’s bibles and languages, it’s just a matter of time.… More
2012 PEN/Bellwether Prize
Inaugural Award WinnerSusan Nussbaum, for her novel Good Kings Bad KingsThe Bellwether Prize, which was established in 2000 by Barbara Kingsolver and is funded entirely by her, was created to… More
Ce N’est Pas Le Monde
Below is new graphic analysis by John Krygier and Denis Wood. It appears in PEN America 15: Maps. More
Ivory Black
The interior eye / Opposite watching’s touch / In what is black white / Is by accident / The eye detaches / As it slips from itself / What… More
From Alan’s War
This excerpt from Alan’s War: The Memories of G.I. Alan Cope by Emmanuel Guibert appears in PEN America 11: Make Believe. More
The Living Room
“The Living Room” is excerpted from A Game for Swallows by Zeina Abirached and translated by Edward Gauvin. It appears in PEN America 12: Correspondences. More
Through the Yellow Hour
Maude stands in the entrance, wearing a blue bonnet on her head, as well as a gas mask, a large backpack worn in the front, boots. She also wears… More
One Way to Disappear
“One Way to Disappear” first appeared as “Dorado Park” in Nine Ways to Disappear. It appears in PEN America 13: Lovers. More
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