What the Dog Saw, And Other Adventures
The PitchmanRon Popeil and the Conquest of the American Kitchen1.The extraordinary story of the Ronco Showtime Rotisserie & BBQ begins with Nathan Morris, the son of the shoemaker and… More
Interview: Arch Tait
PEN: What are some of the challenges of taking a best-selling, well-known work from its native language and translating it for a foreign audience?It’s less a challenge than a… More
Interview: Ludmila Ulitskaya
After giving it much thought, I ascribe the success of the book to the fact that it contains the answer to a question society has been struggling with but… More
Mildred Pierce
In the spring of 1931, on a lawn in Glendale, California, a man was bracing trees. It was a tedious job, for he had first to prune dead twigs,… More
Intellectual Property Workshop
With the advent of e-books, reversion has raised some very interesting questions. When you have paper books it’s easy to tell if something is out of print. You go… More
Working Day: De-Gentrify New York and Give Her Back to the World
April 28, 2011 | Old School | New York CityWith Samuel R. Delany, Jonas Hassan Khemiri, and Reno; curated by Sarah SchulmanJoined by two festival participants, three classic New York… More
Working Day: Education, Knowledge, Learning
April 28, 2011 | Old School | New York CityWith Marcelo Figueras, Esther Klein Friedman, Juan Carlos Mestre, Gunnhild Øyehaug, and Shanley Rhodes; curated by Eric Pliner. Debates about the nature… More
Working Day: New Orleans
April 28, 2011 | Old School | New York CityWith Sarah Broom, Richard Campanella, Fatima Shaik, and Billy Sothern; curated by Nathaniel Rich New Orleans has long been a city from… More
Quiet Chaos
I do spinning. Yolanda’s cellphone starts ringing in the nick of time: it forces her to walk a few steps away from me to answer it, and I can… More
PEN Remembers Steven Kroll
PEN is deeply saddened to hear of the death of Steven Kroll, author of more than 95 books for children and former chair of the Children’s and Young Adult… More
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