PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grants
For the translation of book-length works of fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, or drama that have not previously appeared in English in print or have appeared only in an outdated… More
PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grant Recipients
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TEJU COLE BECOMES FIRST WRITER EVER TO BE NAMED FINALIST FOR TWO PEN AMERICA LITERARY AWARDS
PEN America announced the finalists today for its 2017 Literary Awards, including Teju Cole, who becomes the first writer in the award program’s 54-year history to be named a… More
Free Writing
The recent winner of Britain's oldest literary award doesn't think his debut novel would have found success if it had first been published in his native Bangladesh. More
Blessed Bodies
"Y-land had no marriage system but was famous for its prosperous sex industry. Even bartering was allowed: when the male clients could not afford to pay, they could obtain… More
Chinua Achebe, Storyteller In Excelsis
Nigerian PEN President Tade Ipadeola on the influence of Chinua Achebe on his life and African letters. More
A Field Guide to Ukrainian Sex
A Field Guide to Ukrainian Sex by Oksana Zabuzhko is a book that absolutely deserves to be translated into English, and pronto. Ostensibly the tale of a disastrous love… More
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Esper said he didn't know where he was going when he became Trump's prop at the church. But he knew who he was going with. Glad he's speaking out, but next time he's asked to blindly follow the President, a quasi-apology after-the-fact won't cut it. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-s-church-photo-op-took-defense-secretary-esper-gen-n1222391
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"In the face of an Aggressive Menace dripping with contempt for your humanity and wishing, when it cannot exploit you, to punish you, to terrorize and torment you, what use is hope?" writes @TochiTrueStory about American unrest: https://bit.ly/2XogPtj