PEN Announces Civitella Ranieri Foundation Partnership
PEN is proud to announce a new partnership with the Civitella Ranieri Foundation. More
2014 PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award for an Emerging American Playwright
WinnerLaura MarksThe PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Awards recognize three playwrights for the following honors: a specially commissioned art object will be presented to a master American dramatist,… More
2014 PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award for an American Playwright in Mid-Career
WinnerDonald MarguliesThe PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Awards recognize three playwrights for the following honors: a specially commissioned art object will be presented to a master American dramatist,… More
View on an Accident
Yesterday on that same corner, a young man on a motorcycle was hit by a car. I heard it happen: the familiar shriek of tire on asphalt, the crunch… More
Letters from Ukraine
The piece originally appeared on Poetry International's website on March 7, 2014. Letters from UkraineThis week, Russian troops invaded Crimea. Putin claims this invasion is an effort to protect the Russian-language population of… More
The PEN Ten with emily m. danforth
I fear that it sounds too nicey-nice, too passive, which isn’t my intention—writers can and should agitate and expose and upset. But I still think there’s something there in… More
A Reading from “The Big Smoke” by Adrian Matejka
Adrian Matejka reads "Hubert's Museum & Flea Circus," "Battle Royale," "Sporting Life," "Rememory," and "Verdi's Il Travatore" from The Big Smoke, a 2013 National Book Award finalist for poetry. The… More
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