2022 PEN America Literary Gala
Monday, May 23, 2022 American Museum of Natural History The Rose Center for Earth and Space, W81st St. (Gala Entrance) 6 pm: VIP Reception | 6:30pm: Cocktail Reception | 7:30pm: Dinner &… More
2021 PEN/Benenson Courage Award: Gail Newel and Mimi Hall
PEN America bestows its 2021 PEN/Benenson Courage Award on Gail Newel and Mimi Hall. More
2021 PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award: Baktash Abtin, Keyvan Bajan, and Reza Khandan Mahabadi
PEN America bestows its 2021 PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award on Iranian writers Baktash Abtin, Keyvan Bajan, and Reza Khandan Mahabadi. More
Barack Obama and the Freedom to Write
“We want to make a more perfect union, [but] it’s not to say that America will ever be perfect. It is that we can make it more perfect.” More
2020 PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award: Xu Zhiyong
PEN America bestows its 2020 PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award on detained Chinese essayist and activist Xu Zhiyong. More
2020 TCS New York City Marathon
Run 26.2 miles through New York City as an official charity runner for PEN America! More
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