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PEN America celebrates literature with free and low-cost quality public programming, authors’ evenings, advocacy trainings, writers workshops, community gatherings and more.

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    Collaboration and Commemoration: A Member Exclusive Webinar

    Monday May 12
    10:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    Free
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    Sant Jordi NYC

    Saturday May 17
    12:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    West Village Business Improvement District (BID)
    Free
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    So you’re planning a book event… A Physical and Digital Safety Workshop

    Tuesday May 20
    7:00 PM – 8:30 PM ET
    Free
    Speakers: Yemile Bucay, Philomena Polefrone, Samira Ahmed, Tasslyn Magnusson
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  • A person writing in a notebook with a pen, next to a laptop. Text on the image reads: Reporters Take Up the Pen - Arizona Journalists Who Became Authors. Logos for SPJ and PEN America Arizona are also visible.

    Reporters Take Up The Pen: Arizona Journalists Who Became Authors

    Saturday May 24
    5:00 PM – 6:30 PM PT
    The Poisoned Pen Bookstore
    Free
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  • Laura Warrell and Yrsa Daley-Ward discuss The Catch

    Wednesday May 28
    6:30 PM PT
    Diesel Bookstore
    Free
    Speakers: Laura Warrell, Yrsa Daley-Ward
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    Women’s Voices from the Revolution: Book Launch and Conversation with Writers from Myanmar

    Thursday May 29
    11:00 AM ET
    Free
    Speakers: Ma Thida, A Phyu, Debbie Stothard, Karin Deutsch Karlekar
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