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It took a kind of demon like Esther to let loose such wild sentences, containing the dead and death, without worrying, without fearing the wrath of God. More
How African Spirits Were Born
Miren harboured great anger and resentment. Finally overwhelmed by it, he decided to kill his brother and thus be recognised as the sole, undisputed ruler of the empire! More
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NEW: PEN America calls for the immediate release of Mustafa Ali Hassanien, an Egyptian filmmaker and student at CUNY College of Staten Island. https://bit.ly/3jbmI5z
In Jeff Rowe's @AP book review of Claudia Rankine's JUST US, Rowe says "Rankine will be helping America understand itself, one conversation at a time": https://bit.ly/3kUe0JJ. Join Claudia for #PENOutLoud on 09/30 to discuss JUST US with @proseb4bros: https://bit.ly/2XXutn1.
Join us this Wednesday 9/30 at 4PM ET for the first in PEN America's fall series "Free Expression and the Humanities" organized with the Institute of the Humanities & Global Cultures at the University of Virginia. Register: https://ihgc.as.virginia.edu/free-expression-humanities-pen-americaihgc.