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The PEN Pod: On Diverse Latinx Voices and Identities with Saraciea J. Fennell

InterviewNovember 5, 2021

“You can imagine how intense it is to navigate the world when you are constantly having to prove your identity, constantly having to reaffirm, ‘This is who I am.’” More

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The Fluidity of Identity and Boundaries: A Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month Reading List

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This Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month, PEN America presents a reading list of books from our Literary Awards program. More

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The PEN Ten: An Interview with John Paul Brammer

Interview
By: Viviane Eng | June 24, 2021

“There’s something about writing that can turn thoughts into objects, into something that you can turn around and fiddle with and polish up.” More

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The PEN Ten: An Interview with Choi Eunyoung, Translated by Sung Ryu

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By: Viviane Eng | June 17, 2021

“Although a book isn’t a person, I hoped that mine would be a book that ‘listens’ to the stories of people going through similar battles as me.” More

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The People’s History: Writing the Wrongs

Tuesday, May 18, 2021 | 8:00 pm – 9:15 pm ET
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The PEN Pod: Reckoning with Aftershocks with Nadia Owusu

InterviewFebruary 5, 2021

“It was really important to me to write about. . . my struggles with depression and anxiety because there is a harmful, dominant narrative that holds that mental illness… More

AJC-Decatur Festival 2019 Writing Identity In A Fractured World

Writing Identity in a Fractured World

Sunday, September 1, 2019 | 2:30 pm – 3:15 pm
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AJC-Decatur Festival 2019 Searching For Community And Home Amid Displacement

Searching for Community and Home Amid Displacement

Saturday, August 31, 2019 | 1:45 pm – 2:30 pm
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Keynote – Effecting Change in a Changing World: Latinx Writers on Immigration

Friday, August 30, 2019 | 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
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The PEN Ten with the 2018 Emerging Voices

InterviewJuly 8, 2018

I feel like I’ve spent my entire lifetime resisting . . . I wonder, though, whether resisting is the same thing as resistance. More

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