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Interview: Arch Tait
PEN: What are some of the challenges of taking a best-selling, well-known work from its native language and translating it for a foreign audience?It’s less a challenge than a… More
What the Dog Saw, And Other Adventures
The PitchmanRon Popeil and the Conquest of the American Kitchen1.The extraordinary story of the Ronco Showtime Rotisserie & BBQ begins with Nathan Morris, the son of the shoemaker and… More
The New Jim Crow
Jarvious Cotton cannot vote. Like his father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and great-great-grandfather, he has been denied the right to participate in our electoral democracy. Cotton’s family tree tells the story… More
PEN Appeal: Liu Xianbin
April 8, 2011 His Excellency Hu Jintao President of the People’s Republic of China State Council Beijing 100032 P.R. China Wu Aiying Buzhang Minister of Justice Sifabu 10 Chaoyangmen Nandajie Chaoyangqu Beijingshi 100020 People’s Republic of China Your Excellencies, On behalf of the… More
Interview: Ludmila Ulitskaya
After giving it much thought, I ascribe the success of the book to the fact that it contains the answer to a question society has been struggling with but… More
Play It That Way
Midway through the novel Mildred Pierce, the title character takes her famously awful daughter Veda to audition for a new piano teacher. Charlie Hannen has been recommended by some… More
PEN Appeal: Noel López Olguín
April 4, 2011 Lic. Felipe De Jesús Calderón Hinojosa Presidente de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos Residencia Oficial de los Pinos Casa Miguel Alemán Col. San Miguel Chapultepec, C.P. 11850 Distrito Federal, México Fax: (+ 52… More
PEN Appeal: Seymur Khaziyev
April 1, 2011 President Ilham Aliyev Office of the President of the Azerbaijan Republic 19 Istiqlaliyyat Street Baku, AZ 1066 Azerbaijan Fax: + 994 12 492 0625 Lt.- Gen. Ramil Usubov Minister of Internal Affairs Ministry of… More
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