Tom Stoppard, M. NourbeSe Philip, Tanya Barfield, Rigoberto González to Receive PEN America Honorary and Career-Achievement Literary Awards
“Fostering and celebrating international literature is central to the mission of the PEN America Literary Awards; we seek to champion original and promising writers of the global community and… More
“Language Lives Longer Than People”: Edna O’Brien at the 2018 Literary Awards Ceremony
"Writing isn’t elitist, it is the deepest thing we have. It is as essential to us as our breathing." More
PEN/Nabokov award relaunched to promote ‘global voices’ in US
A new $50,000 (£38,500) literary prize for international authors, intended to recognise the “spirit of Vladimir Nabokov” and described as “a welcome counterbalance to rampant xenophobia and increasingly jingoistic… More
New $50K Literary Award Honors the Spirit of Vladimir Nabokov
Prize will honor a writer of any genre for an outstanding body of work over a sustained career. More
CantoMundo Poetry Reading: David Campos, Willie Perdomo, Natalie Scenters-Zapico
David Campos is the author of "Furious Dusk" (University of Notre Dame Press, 2015) Willie Perdomo (pictured) is the author of "The Essential Hits of Shorty Bon Bon" More
“I Wish to Say: 2016” Takes Over Bryant Park
As part of the PEN World Voices Festival, artist Sheryl Oring creates a modern day typing pool in Bryant Park with typists who will listen More
The PEN Ten with Yuri Herrera
"The writer’s responsibility cannot be dictated by any party, politician, sponsor, or cleric. If it is possible to talk about the responsibility of the writer, it is to be… More
A Brief Account of Several Art Events and Other Horrifying Experiences
Have you noticed how all the Mexican poets now / have their little poem about the violence? No? You don’t / read poetry? 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