United Against Hate—2017 PEN World Voices Festival
Voices in the arts rally against hate with performances, readings, and conversations from Ani DiFranco, Marlon James, Colum McCann, and more. More
Just Too Pat
Saying the word expats to educated Americans of a certain age evokes images of neighborhood bistros in Paris with lace curtains and smoky, book-lined literary salons where Gertrude Stein… More
PEN World Voices festival: what can novelists do to help the refugee crisis?
Marlon James, Sunjeev Sahota, Laila Lalami and Maaza Mengiste discussed the subject of dislocation and how to ‘sit in the discomfort’ of refugees’ stories More
Class A books: PEN World Voices Festival opens with riffs on drugs
Marlon James, Anne Enright and other writers from around the world brought their talents to bear on the pleasures and ravages of forbidden substances More
Comienza la fiesta del PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature
Llega una nueva edición del PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature, una verdadera fiesta del pensamiento, la creatividad, las letras, el arte. Escritores de todo el mundo se… More
150 Writers, 30 Countries: PEN World Voices Festival, April 25–May 1
Booksellers and their customers are invited to use the discount code WRITE2016 to get 20 percent off most events during the 12th Annual PEN World Voices Festival of International… More
The PEN Ten with Marlon James
"Writers do have a collective purpose, and that’s to write. I think we writers have managed to convince ourselves that that's not enough. Why is that? Writing can actually… More