Don DeLillo wins PEN/Saul Bellow award

The “combination of terror and comedy and sheer song” in his writing means that “everyone wants to give Don DeLillo an award”, according to Philip Roth and his fellow… More

A Person of Interest

Lee closed the door and crept onto his bed. He hadn’t pressed the button of the lock; he was afraid he might be reprimanded. He heard the thump of… More

Don Delillo asks, “Does poetry need paper?”

Yesterday PEN announced its 2010 literary awards; the winners include novelist Don Delillo, who takes the top honor, the Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction. Delillo’s first… More

Eggers, Hacker, DeLillo and Others Honored

This week two literary organizations with an interest in writing and social justice honored authors with an array of awards. The Dayton Literary Peace Prize and the PEN American… More

PEN American Center Names Award Winners

Break out the Champagne and the deposit slips. The PEN American Center has announced the 14 winners of its annual literary awards. Don DeLillo won the $25,000 Saul Bellow… More

Flood Song

I strike a wet match on his wooden mind,/ stash my invitation behind his waterless eyes,/ and pencil in the first unmarked box More