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A Model Contract for Literary Translations
Updated 9/15/17. The model contract is intended to be a starting point in negotiations between the translator and publisher. Be sure to see also our Translation FAQs. This agreement is… More
Web Journalist and Editor Shot Dead
PEN International is shocked by the murder of Brazilian Última Hora News web site editor Eduardo Carvalho, who was shot dead in Mato Grosso do Sul state on November… More
The Spanish Illness
Many had come from the four corners of the globe and had no way to prove the purity of their blood, or their past; in the best of … More
56: Joe DiMaggio and the Last Magic Number in Sports
People were also listening over in the Mission District, at the Double Play lounge and in the smoke shop outside Seals Stadium. And they were listening, as ever, in… More
Why Torture Is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them
MAN: Yeah, that’s what you said last night. I hope you’re not going to repeat yourself a lot in our marriage. That would be a drag. FELICITY: Well… More
PEN’s New Members / New Books Party: December 5
Calling all Professional Members! PEN President Peter Godwin and Membership Committee Co-Chairs Elinor Lipman & Rob Spillman invite you to PEN’s annual New Members/New Books Party More
Oil on Water
So, yes, there was an accident, a fire. An explosion in the barn with the oil drums. The fire flew on the wind from house to house, and in… More
Poems from Water Puppets
I will admit I was in favor of war and now look what’s happened. / At the end of the road the man driving the truck will eat /… More
Sophia’s Childhood
Her rejection as a child helps to explain her constant search as a woman for what she had missed. Even as Empress Catherine, at the height of her autocratic… More
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