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Corporate Matching
Want to make your gift dollars go further? You may be able to do just that through your company's matching gift program. Thousands of companies, small and large, have… More
Capturing Race
Fatima Shaik: Writing MelitteIn my young adult novel Melitte, I did not let readers know that she was a slave until the third chapter. I wanted them first to identify with… More
Trading for Internet Freedom
While it may seem unusual for an organization with a 90-year history of promoting literature to sit arm-to-arm with international traders, the size and scope of both multinational corporations… More
The Book of Daniel
I remember standing on the porch of our house on Weeks Avenue. It was a warm afternoon and I had scraped my knee on the sidewalk. My mother came… More
Jennifer Egan, Erroll McDonald Elected to PEN Board of Trustees
PEN is pleased to announce that its Board of Trustees voted on December 6, 2012, to appoint Jennifer Egan and Erroll McDonald to its ranks. More
Bottom of the 33rd
And who is Wade? He is a man who swears that he wanted to be a major league baseball player ever since he was 18 months old; whose father… More
Comes the Silence
The last part of a story is the silence / That comes at the end. / A time to think, to reflect. / The drums are still now. /… More
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On the Anniversary of Liu Xiaobo’s Arrest
It was disappointing to watch Mo Yan gloss over China’s systematic censorship—censorship he has had to navigate throughout his career—during his official Nobel Prize lecture today in Stockholm. It… More
Children’s Book Committee Relocates Library to New Orleans
Through the initiative of Committee Co-Chair Fatima Shaik, the Children's/Young Adult Book Authors Committee helped move an elementary school library from St. Joseph's School in Greenwich Village, New York… More
III. 2013: Roster of Current Board of Trustees
OFFICERSPeter Godwin, PresidentJohn Troubh, Executive Vice PresidentRon Chernow, Vice PresidentVictoria Redel, Vice PresidentJohn Oakes, TreasurerElinor Limpan, SecretaryTERM TRUSTEESEdward BurlingameAnne BurtRon Chernow (VP)Morgan EntrekinWendy GimbelPeter Godwin (President)Jeri LaberJoanne Leedom-AckermanElinor Lipman (Secretary)John… More
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