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Fri, Dec 2, 7:00 PM–8:30 PM EST. Join PEN America at the @BKLYNlibrary, for Break Out 2022 to celebrate the launch of the 2022 PEN America Prison Writing Awards anthology, Variations on an Undisclosed Location, read by an incredible roster of readers:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/break-out-celebrating-the-2022-pen-america-prison-writing-award-winners-tickets-433513068257
We are thrilled to see @TiyaMilesTAM, the 2022 PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction winner, as recipient of the 2022 #CundillHistoryPrize. A huge congratulations!
@vamelina the @PENamerica [email protected] report on cultural destruction by Russian Federation just released in Kyiv. English version here: https://pen.org/report/ukrainian-culture-under-attack/' Ukrainian version to follow soon. 🙏 for letting us use your tweets.