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New-York Historical Society Presents PEN America at 100: A Century of Defending the Written Word, Opening July 22

Press ReleaseJuly 5, 2022

PEN America CEO Suzanne Nossel, said, “PEN America at 100 opens a remarkable window into PEN America’s century-long effort to unite writers in defense of the freedoms that underwrite… More

Allen Ginsberg Sings at the 1986 PEN International Congress

MultimediaMay 31, 2017

In celebration of Allen Ginsberg's birthday week, here are two recordings featuring Ginsberg from the PEN America Archives. More

Case Histories: Allen Ginsberg

Nonfiction

By: PEN America | October 24, 2012

"My books piled up before me for my use / waiting in space where I placed them, they haven't disappeared, time's left its remnants and qualities for me to… More

New-York Historical Society Presents PEN America at 100: A Century of Defending the Written Word, Opening July 22

Allen Ginsberg Sings at the 1986 PEN International Congress

Case Histories: Allen Ginsberg

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A Letter from the President of PEN America: American Authors Demand a Second Draft of PEN America, and the World in Which We Write

Response to Prism Reports Article Raising Concern Over Cash Prize Money Delays for Prize-Winning Incarcerated Writers

Salman Rushdie on His New Memoir: ‘I Had to Face This’

PEN America: USC Decision to Cancel Valedictorian’s Graduation Speech Amounts to “Heckler’s Veto”