Memory and Modernity: A PEN Out Loud Reading List
PEN America shares 17 genre-spanning works that consider power and memory in relation to contemporary and historical spaces. More
Real and Reimagined: A PEN Out Loud Reading List
PEN America shares 16 books that redefine storytelling, reimagine beloved classics, and reflect upon the relationship between reality and fantasy. More
Learn More About World Press Freedom Day 2019
This curated selection of readings is intended to inform and galvanize the work of press freedom advocacy and its many allies throughout the country. More
Visual Disobedience: A Reading List
In celebration of PEN Out Loud: Visual Disobedience, PEN America and Strand Book Store have developed the following reading list. More
Writing War: A Reading List
Molly Crabapple, co-author and illustrator of Marwan Hisham’s latest memoir, Brother of the Gun: A Memoir of the Syrian War and Alexis Okeowo, author of A Moonless Starless Sky: Ordinary Women and… More
Recommended Reading: Molly Crabapple on the Syrian War
In advance of this month's PEN Out Loud event, Molly Crabapple recommends her top five books on the Syrian conflict, which she relied upon while working with Syrian journalist… More
The Opposite of Hate: A Reading List
We are living through one of the most divisive periods in American history, with hate-filled rhetoric fueling disagreements on a wide range of issues — from LGBTQ rights to immigration policy… More
Reimagining A Wrinkle In Time: A Reading List
Little girls in glasses have showed us how to save the world from darkness for years. The journeys they take as they come into their power showcase their everyday… More
Rereading & Rewriting Crime
We can respond to this crisis as a literary community by centering and seriously considering the work that casts prison, prisoners, and the prison state/industry in new light. More
Series Launch: The PEN Book Report
PEN America launches a new series that asks writers to question the notion of "best of" book lists and share the top five books that inspire them and challenge… More
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소설가는 아이러니하게도 거짓말을 하는 사람이다. "Ironically, a fiction writer is someone who deals in lies," says author Ha Seong-nan in this week's special #WomenInTranslation Month #PENTen interivew. Read the full interview here: https://t.co/ILVDgxP7IG. #WITMonth
@PENamerica is hosting this discussion on surveillance of journalists covering the border crisis. i will be moderating and we get to work with the wonderful @pressfreedom as co-host. speaker lineup coming soon. #pressfreedom #losangeles #lapressfreedomweek https://t.co/qZBuopBUaE
Join us TONIGHT at @mcnallyjackson in Soho, NYC for a lively discussion about #WomenInTranslation with a diverse panel of acclaimed women translators. Learn more: https://t.co/ietIrmNEKI. #WITmonth