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2013 Literary Award Winners
PEN/Robert W. Bingham PrizeSergio De La Pava, A Naked Singularity (University of Chicago Press)PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing AwardLeonard Mlodinow, Subliminal (Pantheon) PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the EssayRobert Hass,… More
2012 Literary Award Winners
PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged FictionSusan Nussbaum for "Good Kings, Bad Kings"PEN/Robert W. Bingham PrizeVanessa Veselka, Zazen (Red Lemonade) Runner-Up:Ben Lerner, Leaving the Atocha Station (Coffee House Press) PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in… More
From “Whereas”
WHEREAS I tire. Of my effort to match the effort of the statement: “Whereas Native Peoples and non-Native settlers engaged in numerous armed conflicts in which unfortunately, both took… More
PEN American Center Submits Amicus Curiae Brief in Landmark Lawsuit Against NSA
The National Security Administration’s routine, comprehensive surveillance inhibits the evolution of thought and ideas, PEN American Center argues in an amicus brief submitted to a California federal court in… More
Epic Endeavors
In the twentieth century alone, the Amphitryon myth has been adapted by a French novelist, two German playwrights, an opera composer, an anti-Nazi filmmaker, and Cole Porter. Have we… More
Ten Kliks South
Sanchez takes out a notebook and starts doing the math. “Divide it by nine Marines on the gun, and you, personally, you’ve killed zero point seven something people today.… More
Doris Lessing, 1919-2013
PEN American Center is greatly saddened at the news of Doris Lessing’s passing on November 17, 2013, at her home in London. Lessing was a distinguished member of English… More
Surrender, Oblivion, Survival
Tacloban is my city. I grew up directly facing the Pacific Ocean, on the Philippines’ eastern shore, which takes the brunt of the yearly monsoons. Geography and history provide… More
Half of All Writers-at-Risk Persecuted for Use of Digital Media, New PEN Study Shows
PEN American Center today launched The Rise of Digital Repression, a new interactive report detailing digital repression's increasing affect on writers around the globe. More
PEN American Center Report Shows Impact of NSA Surveillance on American Writers
As reported in the New York Times today, PEN American Center released a first-of-its-kind report, Chilling Effects: NSA Surveillance Drives U.S. Writers to Self-Censor. More
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