Readings by Noted Authors Headline 6/6 Florida Event Celebrating Books Challenged in Miami-Dade County Schools, including The Hill We Climb by Poet Amanda Gorman
Jonathan Friedman, director of PEN America’s Free Expression and Education program, said: "The fact that a bogus challenge from a single individual can get books banned goes to the… More
The PEN Ten with Nicole Dennis-Benn
My job as a writer is to humanize people on the page … as artists we have a responsibility to dispel ignorance by spreading empathy. More
The World Voices Book of Prayer and Meditation
The World Voices Book of Prayer and Meditation is a pocket-size book of prayers for our times commissioned for… More
Prayer and Meditation (full audio)
For this contemplative evening, an assembly of writers and artists takes the stage to read their original, deeply personal prayers and meditations. More
Edwidge Danticat: On Something Else (audio)
In this rare public appearance, celebrated author Edwidge Danticat exposes something that has contributed to her creativity and altered the trajectory of her artistic view. More
Prayer and Meditation with Edwidge Danticat (video)
For this contemplative evening, an assembly of writers and artists took to the stage to read their original, deeply personal prayers and meditations. More
Edwidge Danticat: On Something Else (video)
In this life, there's work, and then there's...something else. In this rare public appearance, celebrated author Edwidge Danticat reflected on her "something else" —something that has contributed to her… More
Edwidge Danticat: On Something Else (video)
In this life, there's work, and then there's...something else. In this rare public appearance, celebrated author Edwidge Danticat reflected on her "something else" —something that has contributed to her… More
PEN World Voices Festival: Edwidge Danticat on how “a story is never really yours”
Edwidge Danticat spoke to John Freeman about how stories are community property, what it means to write for others, and finding a sense of home in Haitian art and… More
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