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PEN at the Fiction Addiction Reading Series: Jan. 29, 8PM
Join PEN American Center for an evening of readings by PEN Members old and new, with Catherine Chung, J. Robert Lennon, Tea Obreht, and Christopher Sorrentino at Bar 2A.… More
from “Muse & Drudge,” “Trimmings”
Swan neck, white shoulders, lumps of fat. A woman's face/above it all. Unriddled sphinx 'without secrets.' Alabaster/bust, paled into significance. Clothes opening, revealing/dress, as French comes into English. Suggestively,… More
The Stew of Discontent
Part of the perennial problem with the Texas prison system stems from an inherent comprehension deficit. To use an idea of Alexander Solzhenitsynts, it seems we’ve lost capacity for… More
2007 PEN Translation Fund
WinnersSusan Bernofsky, for her translation from the German of Robert Walser’s 1908 novel The Assistant, the melancholy and mischievously ironic story of a penniless young man who works for… More
Selected Poems from The Undertaker’s Daughter
Terrified at a reading to read / poems about my fears & shames, // a voice in me said: Just / open your mouth. Now // I read about… More
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Revolutionary Plays Since 2000: The Future of Political Theater
Lasha Bugadze (Georgia), Laila Soliman (Egypt), Mahmoud Dowlatabadi (Iran), and the Civilians (New York) have all tried to turn street-level protest into art. Did they succeed? Moderator Mike Daisey,… More
Revolutionary Plays Since 2000: The Future of Political Theater
Lasha Bugadze (Georgia), Laila Soliman (Egypt), Mahmoud Dowlatabadi (Iran), and the Civilians (New York) have all tried to turn street-level protest into art. Did they succeed? Moderator Mike Daisey,… More
Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture by Nawal El Saadawi
The fourth annual PEN World Voices Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture was presented by Egyptian novelist, psychiatrist, and activist Nawal El Saadawi. PEN President and acclaimed author Kwame… More
Nawal El Saadawi: Freedom to Write Lecture
PEN President and acclaimed author Kwame Anthony Appiah joined Dr. Nawal El Saadawi on stage for a far-reaching conversation about her life and work. More
Revolutionaries in the Arab World
This panel explores the sweeping political changes in the Arab world. Hear from experts and on-the-ground bloggers how social media and citizen journalism galvanize the revolution. In the borderless… More
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