2018 Literary Gala: Cameron Kasky, Samantha Fuentes, and Zion Kelly, 2018 PEN/Toni and James C. Goodale Freedom of Expression Courage Award
Nowadays people are chasing dreams that fill their wallets instead of their hearts. Nowadays people are so focused on being better than each other, instead of bettering each other.… More
2018 PEN Literary Gala Honors Stephen King; Youth Activists Against Gun Violence Cameron Kasky, Samantha Fuentes, and Zion Kelly; Imprisoned Myanmar Reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo; and Simon & Schuster Inc. President and CEO Carolyn Reidy
PEN America welcomed a broad cross-section of New York luminaries to the American Museum of Natural History Tuesday night for the at once celebratory and urgent 2018 PEN Literary… More
PEN America to Honor Youth Activists Against Gun Violence at 2018 Literary Gala, May 22
“We are awed by these students’ bracing and courageous exercise of their free expression rights in the face of crushing personal tragedy. They have used their voices fearlessly to… More
2018 PEN/Toni and James C. Goodale Freedom of Expression Courage Award: Cameron Kasky, Samantha Fuentes, and Zion Kelly
As part of their campaign, Kasky, Fuentes, and Kelly have forthrightly confronted the outsized impact of gun violence in black, Latino, and poor communities and the hurdles confronting communities… More
2018 PEN America Literary Gala & Free Expression Awards
Tuesday, May 22, 6:30pm American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th Street, New York City Watch videos and read transcripts from the night of the 2018 PEN America Literary… More
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THANK YOU for joining us to #StandWithSalman today at @nypl & THANKS ALSO to all the readers and writers around the world who joined us on social media, sharing #RushdiesWords, honoring his work for #FreeExpression around the world—& wishing @SalmanRushdie a very speedy recovery!
To participate in #StandWithSalman, I read an excerpt from Haroun and the Sea of Stories on my IG this afternoon and then wrote about it this evening.
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https://jeanspraker.com/2022/08/19/standwithsalman-in-a-sea-of-stories/
Read from @SalmanRushdie’s work tonight at the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. #StandwithSalman @PENamerica
