PEN American Center Announces 2009 Literary Award Recipients
Kwame Anthony Appiah, president of PEN American Center, the national association of literary writers, and Elissa Schappell, chair of PEN’s Literary Awards Committee, have announced the recipients of the… More
O. Henry Prize, PEN Announce Partnership
In an era of economic uncertainty and consolidation, even the short story could use a little additional support: the Anchor Books imprint of Random House said that it had… More
PEN American Center Wins NBCC Ivan Sandrof Life Achievement Award
The National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) today announced PEN American Center as the recipient of its prestigious Ivan Sandrof Life Achievement Award. With past winners including Studs Terkel, Richard… More
The Dark Side
Two years later, Kleinman was exonerated by the Department of Defense’s investigation. He was thanked for upholding the law by the Inspector General at the Joint Forces command and… More
Conrad Loomis & the Clothes Ray
He called me up one night about 2 in the morning and said he hated to disturb me, but he had something which could get us both rich if… More
Cope’s Rule, Nepenthe, Magpie Lark
Cope’s RuleAccording to Edward Drinker Cope,nineteenth-century paleontologist, fossil records showlineages become larger over millenniaindicating that bigger is more successful.Though later scientists offered further support for Cope's rule,from mammals to… More
Fady Joudah: Proof of Kindness, Checkpoint
Fady Joudah was a finalist for the 2008 Poetry in Translation Award for The Butterfly’s Burden, a collection of three recent books by Mahmoud Darwish. Proof of KindnessTaxi driver drives… More
Announcing the Aura Estrada Prize
PEN Trustee Francisco Goldman has announced the establishment of the Aura Estrada Prize, a fellowship honoring the spirit and aspirations of his wife, a promising young Mexican writer who… More
“What Happened to the Baby?”
When I was a child, I was often taken to meetings of my Uncle Simon’s society, the League for a Unified Humanity. These meetings, my mother admitted, were not… More
Julia Delaney: The American Version
I suppose I will go to hell for biting the nun.Mary says it’s a mortal sin, for certain.Never mind. It was worth it. I would bite her again, if… More
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