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Letter from the Director
Dear Friends,After a highly successful 2015 Festival where we presented some of sub-Saharan Africa’s most remarkable writers, activists, and artists, we have chosen once more to give the Festival… More
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Veracruz Journalists Condemn Murder of Colleague Anabel Flores Salazar
On February 8, journalist Anabel Flores Salazar was abducted from her home in Veracruz, Mexico. The next day her body was found, bearing signs of torture, in the neighboring… More
PEN in New Orleans: Ten Years and Still Going Strong
To celebrate ten years of PEN America's visiting authors program, Children’s & Young Adult Books Committee authors Selene Castrovilla and Orel Protopopescu dropped in on classrooms at the MLK… More
Writers in the Schools: Making Each Word Count in Fall 2015
PEN’s Writers in the Schools program, a member-led initiative, has been working steadily throughout last semester in schools across New York City, and we are happy to share what… More
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The Book Report: Gabrielle Calvocoressi
I’ve been attempting to break down the borders of my reading life as I also attempt to think about my own complicity in the continued struggles of so many… More
2016 PEN Literary Awards Shortlists
PEN is thrilled to announce today the shortlists for the 2016 PEN Literary Awards. Since our announcement of the longlists, our diligent and discerning judges for our eight book… More
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PEN Award for Poetry in Translation PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction, Founded by Barbara Kingsolver PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award PEN/Edward and… More
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The Closing of the Russian Mind?
From January 25–29, PEN America will host a delegation of prominent Russian writers and publishers who are braving the currents of authoritarianism under President Vladimir Putin to stand up… More
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