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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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  • Two women, one with curly blonde hair and one with long curly black hair, are featured on a promotional graphic for the 2025 AWP Conference & Bookfair. The event titled The Female Gaze: Powerful Narratives for the Times is hosted by PEN America.

    The Female Gaze: Powerful Narratives for The Times

    Saturday March 29
    3:20 PM – 4:35 PM PT
    Los Angeles Convention Center
    Free
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  • One Page at a Time: Books, Bans, and Resistance in the 21st Century

    Saturday April 26
    3:00 PM – 4:00 PM PT
    LA Times Festival of Books
    LA Times Festival of Books
    Speakers: Debbie Levy, Amanda Jones, George M. Johnson
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