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Translating for the Stage
Once again hotINK at the Lark will partner with the PEN American Center on a special translation event: Translating the Spoken Word: a Proper Challenge. The panel event will… More
Five Poems by LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs
sewn plastic roses / to cheap men’s shoes off Columbus. dannon yogurt cups. girl scout patches to Lexington / bras. football safety guards & elastic. u gonna toil to… More
Translation at Book Expo America 2014
This year, literary translation is the master theme of BEA (Book Expo America). Usually it’s the literature of one particular country that provides the focus for what, in BEA… More
The PEN Ten with Daniel Handler
Writers have a collective purpose precisely because the notion of a public intellectual has fallen out of fashion. The most interesting ideas, the most crucial philosophies, are always secrets… More
2014 PEN/Bellwether Prize Finalists
PEN American Center is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2014 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction. The award, which was established in 2000 by Barbara Kingsolver and is… More
Knife’s Edge: Free Expression in Myanmar
Four years after the release of Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest, what has changed in Myanmar? More
Recommended Reading: Diversity in Literature
Open Book judges Catherine Chung, Randa Jarrar, and Monica Youn selected titles that offer fresh glimpses into diverse cultures and introduce some startling new voices, writing both from within… More
Thai Junta Targets Writers and Scholars
PEN American Center calls upon the Thai military to immediately rescind its order for individual writers and scholars to turn themselves in, and to end all restrictions on freedom… More
Why One Story and Not Another?
The word “idea” catapults us instantly into philosophy. What does it mean to have an idea? What is an idea? For Plato ideal forms were more real than our… More
House Passes Weakened Version of USA FREEDOM Act
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a significantly weakened version of the USA FREEDOM Act, an NSA surveillance reform proposal. More
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