PEN Podcast: Reimagining the Mainstream Panel Discussion
Gregory Pardlo, Willie Perdomo, Saeed Jones, and Cate Marvin talk about equity in publishing and how to diversify mainstream literary culture in today's #PENpodcast. More
Shading and Retranslation: Translator Burton Pike’s Comments at BookExpo America
In recent years, literary translators have paid more attention to the shadings of the original work, whereas earlier translators were more focused on simply translating the story told rather… More
Alert Us
Are you an artist at risk or know someone who is?
PEN America On 
On #June4, @PENamerica announced its Freedom to Write Award, given annually to an imprisoned writer, will go to @zhiyongxu, detained Feb15 & held in secret detention for 'subversion of state power', one of the bogus crimes #CCP will soon be foisting on #HK https://pen.org/press-release/pen-america-announces-detained-chinese-essayist-xu-zhiyong-as-2020-pen-barbey-freedom-to-write-award-honoree/
Imperiled journalists worldwide are less safe because their one-time champion, the US, has forfeited its credibility in calling out attacks on the press. When it happens next in Egypt, Turkey, China and elsewhere the damage will be felt. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/04/world/attacks-press-george-floyd.html?referringSource=articleShare