Salman Rushdie’s New Novel Turns a Spotlight On the Enduring Power of Stories
The publication of a new novel by Salman Rushdie is always a high point on the literary calendar and Victory City, due out Feb. 7, brings added celebration, joy,… More
PEN America pays tribute to Russell Banks, a giant of letters and staunch ally
PEN America paid tribute on Monday to novelist Russell Banks, a longtime advocate of free expression and member of PEN America, who died over the weekend at age 82. More
2022 PEN World Voices Festival Will Bring International Writers and Thinkers to NYC May 11-14 For a Unique Intellectual Assemblage Amid Conflict
As powers across the world ride roughshod over facts in order to legitimize aggression and work their international will, PEN World Voices will aim to elevate truth and narrative… More
PEN World Voices Festival 2019: Open Secrets to Convene Leading Writers and Luminaries from Around the World to Address the Blurring Boundary Between Public and Private, May 6-12, in 60+ Events Across NYC
"PEN World Voices offers an annual occasion for writers, artists, and intellectuals to pool resources for a weeklong exchange of creativity and ideas. In our era of global and… More
Jonathan Cohen’s Tribute to Edith Grossman
This tribute was written by Jonathan Cohen. He is the translator of Ernesto Cardenal's Pluriverse et al. He edited Muna Lee's A Pan-American Life, and is the editor of… More
Alta L. Price’s Tribute to Edith Grossman
This tribute was written by Alta L. Price. She is the translator of Jürgen Holstein's The Book Cover in the Weimar Republic and Corrado Augias' The Secrets of Italy… More
Gregory Rabassa’s Tribute to Edith Grossman
This tribute was written by Gregory Rabassa. He is the Translator of Gabriel García Márquez (One Hundred Years of Solitude) et al., Author of If This Be Treason: Translation… More
Peter Constantine’s Tribute to Edith Grossman
This tribute was written by Peter Constantine. He is the translator of German, Russian, French, Modern Greek, Ancient Greek, Italian, Albanian, Dutch, and Slovene literature. His latest translation includes… More
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Outstanding piece by @andreacgore, Vacek Chair in pharmacology/professor of psychology at UT-Austin, defending faculty tenure against SB 18. She argues that immunotherapy would not exist if UT-Austin had not given tenure to its discoverer. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outlook/article/university-texas-andrea-gore-professor-tenure-17816783.php
What does academic freedom mean now, and how might it change?
Here's our whole Future Trends Forum conversation with @ACEducation and @PENamerica researchers:
https://youtu.be/nQ8Kl0XJIr0
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#RIP John Woods, Masterly Translator of Thomas Mann, Dies at 80
Woods was the recipient of two PEN America Translation awards, in 1981 and 1987
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/24/books/john-woods-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=l2BVLYlz1s2E6Jj-w9wuXxKMTrTuFBKAH_pxlFgj6UEgFGD3vXQEOhqVwAotjPgykwJC-NhRHTc5-9HCQpBJ4yCNKDEooSFdgI6YQ4a9jdbpoPHeyPNLmgfBztwRbWC58GKq28Mead5bbyfKdteJHA0U2HesfQmTk5oTWjVYmgkTVxpPk0C-yonoUK3gW-idLUAeR8IOWNJ8MWWrZ_AiPOM1ch59MnKrZQ7OrwHqp19CWMAfxGG_i9SN1tjir2DlKiTzk25A2lh-mrSvY9Zv0Stx14hmNsu87Ls_D0VUR-_qe0NDRb_UA23pztFUks7V7OeL0O6mpw&smid=url-share