The 1920s: PEN’s Founding and Early Years
Throughout the year, we’ll be celebrating PEN’s 90th anniversary by looking at the key events, cases, and characters from the organization’s history. As part of our online retrospective, we’ll… More
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"I don't even know what I'm not seeing anymore." @mattdpearce
A poetry translation event organized by Kevin M.F. Platt of @PennSAS, in partnership with @PENamerica, brought Russian-language poets and American translators together in Armenia with the goal of making Russophone voices opposed to war heard in English.
https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/translating-russophone-poetry-resistance-english
Sea Change by @ginathechung is one of the most anticipated literary debuts of 2023.
In a new #PENTen interview, Donica Bettanin talks to Chung about the grounding power of nature in her work, a lifetime of reading, and this summer’s signature cocktail. https://pen.org/the-pen-ten-an-interview-with-gina-chung/