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Mark your calendar! Join us for the 2022 #PENLitAwards on 2/28 at @TownHallNYC as the literary community will come together to celebrate exceptional writers, translators, editors, and publishers who bring incredible stories to life: https://pen.org/event/2022-pen-america-literary-awards-ceremony/

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Researchers debate how best to counter false narratives and racial stereotypes when it comes to the spread of disinformation in the Latinx community. https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-latinx-community-and-covid-disinformation-campaigns

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With support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, we will be donating 75,000 copies of THE SENTENCES THAT CREATE US to prison libraries, as well as higher education & creative writing programs working with justice-involved communities. Learn more: https://pen.org/prison-writing/the-sentences-that-create-us/

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