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The 2018 PEN America Literary Awards Winners

PEN America is thrilled to announce the 2018 PEN America Literary Awards winners. Our awards are juried by panels of esteemed, award-winning writers, editors, booksellers, and critics. Learn more… More

The 2018 PEN America Literary Awards Finalists

PEN America is thrilled to announce the 2018 PEN America Literary Awards finalists. Our awards are juried by panels of esteemed, award-winning writers, editors, booksellers, and critics. Learn more… More

Fire

Graphic Narrative
By: | March 6, 2017

“Everything was on fire….There were fingers of orange flame creeping through the grass on the backs, as though the fire were a living thing.” More

Harrison Ford Announces New Science Literary Prize

October 16, 2010

In an effort to reward quality science writing, actor Harrison Ford joined science writer Rebecca D. Costa and E.O. Wilson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Harvard biology professor, to announce… More

Actor Harrison Ford pays an answer to Palo Alto

October 15, 2010

There was no bullwhip and no rakish fedora when Hollywood icon Harrison Ford came to Palo Alto Friday. Instead the actor and conservationist joined Pulitzer-prize-winning environmentalist Edward (E.O.) Wilson… More

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