Read “Guantánamo Diary”
I don’t often recommend books; I figure that what you read is your business. But I can’t help thinking that everyone should read “Guantánamo Diary,” the newly published memoir… More
Hundreds of Writers Gather in Brooklyn to Celebrate Free Expression
PEN American Center brought together over 300 of New York’s most acclaimed writers, translators, editors, agents, and publishers to celebrate free expression Wednesday night at its annual New Members/New… More
Watch: PEN DIY with Erica Jong
Erica Jong opened the 2015 PEN DIY season with a passionate talk on how to write the book of your heart. More
PEN DIY: Erica Jong on How to Write YOUR Book
Erica Jong opened the 2015 PEN DIY season with a passionate talk on how to write the book of your heart. More
PEN DIY Relaunches with Erica Jong, Amanda Palmer, and Jennifer Weiner
PEN is relaunching its DIY series with Erica Jong, Jennifer Weiner, and Amanda Palmer headlining our first three events at The Ace Hotel’s Liberty Hall. More
PEN DIY: Wesley Stace on How to Lead a Double Life
Armed with his guitar and a Bulleit on the rocks, the incomparable and prolific Wesley Stace (also known as John Wesley Harding) took the stage on December 1 for… More
A First Edition Auction, With the Writers Nervously Looking On
If there’s anything more embarrassing to writers than revisiting their early works, it’s finding out just how much their neurotic second-guessing of their younger selves is worth in cold… More
Knowing My Place
On December 2, PEN American Center presents “First Editions, Second Thoughts,” an auction of seventy-five annotated first editions at Christie’s New York, including work by Philip Roth, Don DeLillo,… More
In My Library: Jay McInerney
True story: Jay McInerney introduced me to haute couture.In 1988 — four years and two books after his megahit, “Bright Lights, Big City” — we were in an elevator… More
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