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PEN World Voices Festival: The “Proustian Orgasm” of Memoir and Memory
Michael Ondaatje, Luc Sante, and Tracy K.Smith discussed the memoirs that most influenced their own writing and the prickly task of turning family stories into compelling literature. More
Announcing the 2015 PEN Literary Award Winners
It is with great excitement that PEN announces the winners of the 2015 PEN Literary Awards. After considerable deliberation, this year's judges have made their final decisions for PEN's… More
The PEN World Voices Festival As It Happened: “Divine Punishment”
There were moments on the panel when Ramirez and Caistor spoke like old friends. They talked about meeting for the first time at the Managua Book Festival in 1986.… More
The PEN World Voices Festival As It Happened: “Armenian Genocide: A Dark Paradigm”
The event was not a bleak centennial memorial but rather an inspiring commemoration of Armenian authors who continue to endure through the cultural lives of their work. More
PEN warmly welcomes the release of writer and activist Enoh Meyomesse
On 27 April 2015, the award-winning writer and activist Enoh Meyomesse was finally freed from Kondengui Prison in Yaoundé, Cameroon, after almost three and a half years in prison. More
Quelque part dans le monde
Somewhere in the world / There will always be a candle to light / A fire to put out / A flood to stem / A drought to fight… More
A Prayer for Workers
Bless the woman, man, & child / who honor Earth by opening shine / in the soil—the splayed hour More
The Hammer of Justice
O Justice! Bring down your Hammer / Smash the system built on slavery / Let your thunder bring wonder / Let our country be the place it wants to… More
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