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Poetry Is Special America
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V. 2015: Submission of an Alternate Slate
For regulations governing submission of an alternate slate, the by-laws, Article IV, Section 5, state:“[In] accordance with a regular calendar and procedure adopted by the Board, any PEN member… More
IV. 2015: Procedure for Elections
1.) The Nominating Committee will propose to the membership a slate of candidates for 2015 by email.* Members will have approximately six weeks in which to consider the slate. During… More
III. Roster of Current Trustees
Board of Trustees 2014-2015 (As of December 2014) Officers Peter Godwin, President John Troubh, Executive Vice-President Jeri Laber, Vice-President Joanne Leedom-Ackerman, Vice-President Annette Tapert, Vice-President John Oakes, Treasurer Theresa Rebeck, Secretary Suzanne Nossel, Executive… More
II. 2015: Biographies of Candidates to be Elected or Reelected to the Board of Trustees
OFFICER CANDIDATES For President: Andrew SolomonNon-Fiction Author 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… More
Chistopol Notebook
Though Tarkovsky is one of Russia's greatest poets of the twentieth century—on the ranks with Mandelstam, Akhmatova, and Brodsky—he remains little-known in the West. Philip Metres's and Dimitri Psurtsev's… More
The Language of King David: On Translating Arseny Tarkovsky
"In his poetic and spiritual freedom, Tarkovsky outlasted the slag and dross of totalitarianism. His poetry is the internal cinema of the Soviet era, an unscrolling testimony of the… More
PEN Cheers Release of The Interview
We commend Sony and independent theater owners for standing up to thuggery in defense of free expression. Their actions send a strong message that threats of violence will not… More
I. 2015: Slate of Candidates Offered by Nominating Committee
Officer Trustees President: Andrew Solomon Executive Vice-President/Treasurer: John TroubhVice-President: Annette Tapert Term Trustees (second 3-year terms) Jeri LaberJacob Weisberg Term Trustees (initial 3-year terms) Masha GessenBarbara GoldsmithTom HealyPaul MuldoonMichael PietschLaura Sillerman Please note:… More
The PEN Ten with Matt Gallagher
"My project is influenced and informed by my own experiences in Iraq, but I've learned the most by reading accounts by journalists, civilians, and soldiers who were there before… More