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What is PEN World Voices good for?

My point is that PEN World Voices seems to produce a shadow set of reactions—and encounters, debates, exchanges, quarrels, and probably a couple of friendships in there—that feel more… More

Never-Ending, Hidden Rules

I never celebrated my birthday when I was growing up, so I haven’t really given birthdays a lot of thought later in life. But last year, a group of… More

PEN 2013: Not Writing from Exile

Shahrnush Parsipur’s writing career began in 1974 with the publication of her first novel, The Dog and the Long Winter. She's been in trouble with Iranian authorities ever since. More

Angela Carabelli

Angela Carabelli, a dual citizen of Italy and the United States, is a graduate of the School for Interpreters of the University of Trieste, working in Russian and Italian. Her translations… More

2013 hotINK at the Lark

For the second year in a row, the PEN Translation Committee has collaborated with the hotINK Festival of International Plays, which just opened yesterday. More

Ayşe Berktay | Status: On Trial | Turkey

Ayşe Berktay, a translator, cultural and women's rights activist, is currently on trial in Turkey for "membership in an illegal organization." She faces up to 15 years in prison… More

Eliza Griswold

Eliza Griswold

Eliza Griswold is the author of The Tenth Parallel: Dispatches from the Fault Line Between Christianity and Islam, which won the 2011 J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize. Her translations… More