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Brandon Hobson and Rebecca Makkai headshots, with PEN Out Loud logo on bottom right

[VIRTUAL] PEN Out Loud: Brandon Hobson with Rebecca Makkai

Tuesday, February 16, 2021 | 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm ET
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PEN Out Loud featured speakers and interlocutors. First row (left to right): Concepción de León, Isabel Allende, Rebecca Makkai, Brandon Hobson and Jia Tolentino. Second row (left to right): Kazuo Ishiguro, Garth Greenwell, R.O. Kwon, Melissa Febos, and Brandon Taylor

PEN America Announces Winter PEN Out Loud Literary Conversation Lineup

Press ReleaseJanuary 13, 2021

“Following a fraught year in which we were challenged to reckon with our past, confront our present, and re-imagine our future, we turn to literature and these profoundly talented… More

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