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About the Festival
New York City, April 29-May 5, 2013Writers from across the globe convene in New York to explore bravery in art, politics and personal life. This year's Festival will examine writers' impact… More
Become a Sponsor
Now entering its ninth year, Salman Rushdie’s World Voices Festival has morphed from a festival of literature into a cultural experience. Every March for the past seven years, more… More
Festival Sponsors
SPONSORSPEN World Voices Festival is a proud sponsor of The Standard, East Village, the iconichotel in the heart of the East Village. The Festival is presented in association with… More
Two Poems from Red Doc>
He hadn’t known his / grandmother long or well. / She smelled like Noxzema. / Didn’t like doctors. Believed in herbs and the / Bible. When the apostles /… More
PEN Haiti’s Beautiful New House of Literature
Our Freedom Write fellow on his visit to PEN Haiti's extraordinary new Maison Georges Anglade as part of an intercultural exchange supported by the Jerome L. Greene Foundation. The… More
PEN’s New Officers and Trustees Announced
PEN American Center the newly-elected and reelected officer trustees of the Board, including John Troubh, Executive Vice President, and Jeri Laber, Vice President. Other newly-elected or reelected trustees of… More
Take Immediate Action for Poet Mohammed Ibn al-Dheeb al-Ajami
There is one last hope of having poet Mohammad Ibn al-Dheeb al-Ajami's conviction reversed. Take action for him now. More
Three Questions with C.D. Wright
Clearly authoritarian states are afraid of even small, solo voices. Less mucked-up states with grandiose images of themselves are afraid of truth-speakers as well. But they can just paper… More
Poet’s Life Sentence Reduced
PEN International continues to protest the detention of poet Mohammed Ibn al-Dheeb al-Ajami, whose life sentence for a critical poem was reduced to 15 years on February 25, 2013. More
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