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San Quentin, July 4th, 1975
I stabbed with my right fist, coming up to the imaginary point of my opponent’s chin. The “clack” of the cell doors being unlocked came closer. I bobbed, ducking… More
Life and Times of Melvin Billy Joe Vogt
I was born to Ruth and Melvin Vogt on the cold 31 ½ degrees morning of December 18th, 1941. At 12:44:07 a.m. in Baltimore City Hospital, Baltimore City, Maryland.… More
2007 Literary Awards: Diane Les Becquets
Diane Les Becquets, author of the forthcoming novel Genesis, to be published by Bloomsbury, accepts the PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship at the 2007 Literary Awards Ceremony. The fellowship… More
Vera Williams Reads Grace Paley’s Unity Statement
Vera Williams reads The Unity Statement at PEN's 2007 Tribute to Grace Paley. We are gathering at the Pentagon on November 17, 1980 because we fear for our lives. We… More
Amos Fuller Doesn’t Speak
Amos Fuller Doesn't SpeakAmos Fuller doesn’t speak.He sometimes sits with us when there is room,His stark dinner tray occupying his privatequarter of the table.His khakis are always neat and… More
Writing in the Dark
“To our joy or to our misery, the contingencies of reality have a great influence on what we write,” says Natalia Ginzburg in her book “It’s Hard to Talk… More
Sidney Offit on Kurt Vonnegut
When Roger Straus introduced me to Kurt Vonnegut at a PEN seminar circa 1970, the publisher of so many Nobel Laureates it was rumored he had an apartment in… More
Horizon’s Edge
CHARACTERSTHE PRESENT:JOHN: The Dungeon Master, wears prisoner whites.OFFICER: The Prison Guard, wears confederate gray uniform.CHARLIE: Dungeons & Dragons Player, wears prisoner whites.JIM: Dungeons & Dragons Player, wears prisoner whites.DAVID: Dungeons &… More