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Kiese Laymon

Long DivisionLauren EmbreyTuesday, November 16, 2021 | 8:00 pm – 9:15 pm ET
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Black Abundance and Radical Love

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PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature Returns, Celebrating Power to the People

Press ReleaseApril 26, 2021

The literary and free expression group PEN America today announced that tickets are now on sale for the 2021 PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature, running May 18-22.… More

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The PEN Ten: An Interview with Kiese Laymon

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By: Jared Jackson | November 25, 2020

“I’m shamefully inspired by the reality of death—earning death, as Baldwin phrased it. . . So, when I don’t want to write and read, I remind myself that we… More

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