Greed’s Prisoner

even the ashes don’t belong to you, his body / in the prison of the Communist Party / so that the spirit-cell you built / without a door without… More

Award for Sports Books

PEN American Center has teamed up with ESPN to create a new $5,000 award to honor the best nonfiction books about sports. “Sports have inspired some of America’s best… More

Amazon.com Awards Grant to PEN American Center

PEN American Center has been awarded a $25,000 grant from amazon.com to further develop its online communication resources and mobilize forces for freedom of expression throughout the world. This… More

Footnotes

Michael Imperioli of the HBO series “The Sopranos” has made his film directing debut with a movie based on another HBO series, “The Hungry Ghosts,” The Associated Press reported.… More

2009 PEN Beyond Margins Award Winners Announced

Today the PEN American Center announced the winners of the 2009 PEN Beyond Margins Award. Honored for writing "outstanding books by writers of color," three authors will receive $1,000… More

3:45

She says / something like this: / A torch, a line of torches, men / in plumber uniforms, in laundry jackets More

Say You’re One of Them

That night, our home began to feel like an oven. We couldn’t sleep, even though we took off all our clothes.Once we locked up, a massive heat swallowed the… More