Announcing the 2022 PEN America Literary Grant Winners
PEN America is delighted to announce the 2022 literary grant winners. More
Announcing the 2021 PEN America Literary Grant Winners
PEN America is delighted to announce the 2021 grant winners. These grants support writers and translators of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, children’s literature, oral history, and more. More
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@PENamerica @JeffreyASachs @jonfreadom Also: way more bills this year targeting LGBTQ+ identities. You knew this already, but here's what it looks like on a graph.
@PENamerica @JeffreyASachs @jonfreadom Lots more data, analysis, and graphs at the link -- along with predictions for where things are headed in next year's legislative sessions. Don't miss this one. https://pen.org/report/Americas-censored-classrooms/
"We knew (in 1989) as we know now that many calling for Rushdie’s murder were the same fundamentalist leaders who contributed to women’s oppression within communities. We spoke out in the name of our secular traditions, with the banner 'Our tradition, struggle not submission.'"