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Biography of Andrew Solomon
Andrew Solomon is a writer and lecturer on politics, culture and psychology, and a Professor of Clinical Psychology at Columbia University. Solomon's newest book, Far From the Tree: Parents, Children, and… More
The PEN Ten with Dante Micheaux
"I do not think of myself as a writer, though I do write and often use the label for convenience: being a writer is much easier to explain than… More
Pomegranate
The cart was gaining momentum. My friend nudged me, said, "Your mother is waving," but I was biting, savoring the burst of red honey on my tongue. More
PEN Joins ACLU Lawsuit to Stop Mass Internet Spying Program
At issue is an NSA program called “Upstream,” through which the government taps into the physical backbone of the internet. More
PEN Mexico Announces 2015 PEN Awards
Mexico City – PEN Mexico has awarded its 2015 PEN Awards to Elena Poniatowska, Darío Ramírez, Federico Mastrogiovanni, Pablo Ferri, and an anonymous Aristegui News reporter, in recognition of… More
2015 PEN Literary Awards Longlist
Go to: PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction • PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay • PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award • PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction… More
Board of Trustees 2016-2017
Board of Trustees 2016-2017 President Andrew Solomon Executive Vice President/Treasurer John Troubh Vice President Jeri Laber Vice President Annette Tapert Secretary Theresa Rebeck Executive Director Suzanne Nossel Trustees Ayad Akhtar Gabriella De Ferrari Markus Dohle Roxanne Donovan Jennifer Egan Lauren Embrey Nathan Englander Morgan Entrekin Jeanmarie Fenrich Masha Gessen Wendy Gimbel Annette Gordon-Reed Tom Healy Elizabeth Hemmerdinger Tracy… More
India’s Attempt to Ban Film ‘Precisely Backfired,’ says PEN
Made by British filmmaker Leslee Udwin, India’s Daughter focuses on the brutal rape and murder in December 2012 of Jyoti Singh, an aspiring medical student in Delhi. On Tuesday,… More
Author Andrew Solomon Assumes Presidency of PEN American Center
As the new PEN president, Solomon takes over from journalist and award-winning non-fiction writer Peter Godwin, who led the Board during a three-year period of organizational expansion. More
PEN DIY: Amanda Palmer on How All Writing is Writing
Rock-star, author, and crowd-funding pioneer Amanda Palmer put her own spin on our PEN DIY series, delivering advice on how to write a book, a song, a blog, a… More
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