Suzanne Nossel: Opening Letter to Members
I am writing to introduce myself and to say how honored I am to be joining PEN as its new Executive Director. PEN’s Board of Trustees, President Peter Godwin,… More
From Alan’s War
This excerpt from Alan’s War: The Memories of G.I. Alan Cope by Emmanuel Guibert appears in PEN America 11: Make Believe. More
The Living Room
“The Living Room” is excerpted from A Game for Swallows by Zeina Abirached and translated by Edward Gauvin. It appears in PEN America 12: Correspondences. More
One Way to Disappear
“One Way to Disappear” first appeared as “Dorado Park” in Nine Ways to Disappear. It appears in PEN America 13: Lovers. More
Mehdi’s Gone
Mehdi’s Gone is part of Zahra’s Paradise, a story set in the aftermath of Iran’s 2009 elections. First Second Books is publishing it online in Farsi, Arabic, English, French,… More
The Bhayanak Rasas, or the Rasas of Terror
The cover of PEN America 13: Lovers features a painting by Daisy Rockwell, aka Lapata, called Couple. For our online feature, we’re presenting a series of Rockwell’s paintings, part… More
A Report on PEN’s SCOTUS Hearing
On a day when the rest of Washington was shuttered and hunkered down for Hurricane Sandy, the Supreme Court stuck it out and heard arguments over whether PEN and… More
Mohsin Hamid Reads from The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Mohsin Hamid reads from his novel The Reluctant Fundamentalist at Readings From Around the Globe: Opening Night Extravaganza, part of the 2010 PEN World Voices Festival. More
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