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Nothing is Stable
Lispector had, in common with Borges in his fiction, an ability to write as though no one had ever written before, as though the work’s orginality and freshness arrived… More
June 18, 2010: Remembering José Saramago
PEN is saddened by the loss of José Saramago, Portuguese novelist, playwright, and journalist, who died on June 18, 2010, at the age of 87. In 1998, he received… More
Greed’s Prisoner
even the ashes don’t belong to you, his body / in the prison of the Communist Party / so that the spirit-cell you built / without a door without… More
Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector
In 1946, the young Brazilian writer Clarice Lispector was returning from Rio de Janeiro to Italy, where her husband was vice consul in Naples. She had traveled home as… More
The Hour of the Star
Everything in the world began with a yes. One molecule said yes to another molecule and life was born. But before prehistory there was the prehistory of prehistory and… More
Clarice Lispector: The Hour of the Star
The Hour of the Starby Clarice LispectorTranslated by Giovanni PontieroThe Author's Dedication(alias Clarice Lispector)I dedicate this narrative to dear old Schumann and his beloved Clara who are now, alas,… More
PEN Announces the Launch of PEN Reads, an Online Reading Group
PEN American Center, the largest branch of the world’s oldest literary and human rights organization, announced today the creation of PEN Reads, an online reading group that will bring… More
Second Guessing!!!
Hagakure (The book of the samurai)/ Caught my eye/ Read the blurb/ Quote:/ “When a man faces 100 men all alone he should not think of the outcome but… More
Increased Patriot Act Oversight Is Welcome News for Reader Privacy Advocates
The Campaign for Reader Privacy, which has been fighting to restore privacy safeguards for library and bookstore records that were stripped away by the Patriot Act, warmly welcomed an… More
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