A PEN Out Loud Interview with Nicole Dennis-Benn
"Sometimes we don’t even know or appreciate the ways in which the other person’s work speaks to ours until we’re put in conversations like PEN Out Loud." More
From Near and Far: A PEN Out Loud Reading List
PEN America shares 21 novels and poetry collections that cross nations, genres, and identities in anticipation of our October PEN Out Loud event. More
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Meet PEN America's Birmingham chapter leaders Alina Stefanescu (@aliner) & Ashley M. Jones (@ashberry813). The two poets are working with #PENAcrossAmerica to engage and energize Birmingham's writing community. Learn more: https://bit.ly/2RhTu9K.
Thanks to @senatemajldr we are now a nation reliant on govt-controlled TV to filter historic events through a prism that those in power choose. Just a few years ago we who lamented the very same restrictions in China, Iran, etc. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/21/business/media/impeachment-trial-media-coverage.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
While Colombia's government is willing to talk with leaders of demonstrations against the social and economic policies of President Ivan Duque, some protest demands are "unconstitutional," said a presidency official.
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