PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature Returns, Celebrating Power to the People
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The #PENWorldVoices Festival begins this week!
In line with @PENamerica's theme this year, Power to the People, the stories in this lineup of speakers possess the capacity to challenge misconceptions, reimagine new worlds, and instill hope.
https://bookshop.org/lists/power-to-the-people-a-2021-world-voices-festival-reading-list/
TOMORROW: Join us for a virtual event at 11AM ET on the free expression situation in Crimea. Hear from @jamiemfly, @AKurkov, and others on the media landscape and journalists who have been persecuted for their work. Register: https://pen.org/event/free-expression-in-crimea.
DREAMing Out Loud playwrights will read their in-progress plays w/ @NYTW79 & National Queer Theater on May 20, part of @PENworldvoices. Sign up below to join them.
Proud to support @PENamerica World Voices Festival. #PENWorldVoices https://on.nyc.gov/3y0paUx
