A Banned Books Wrap Up
This September, PEN American Center reached out to writers, editors, literary illuminati, and PEN staff to write about the banned books that matter to them most. Below you’ll find… More
On J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye
What Salinger gave to us were memorable meeting points between innocence and the world’s soiling stains. There was so much authenticity in his stance and sympathy that his artificialities… More
PEN World Voices Festival Lineup Revealed
Today the PEN American Center unveiled the schedule for the sixth annual PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature—a New York City-based festival with 150 writers from 40 countries.… More
PEN American Center Names Steven L. Isenberg as Executive Director
PEN American Center, the largest branch of International PEN—the world’s oldest literary and human rights organization—today announced the appointment of Steven L. Isenberg as Executive Director, effective immediately. More
PEN American Center Names New Director
The PEN American Center, the American branch of the international literary and human rights organization, has announced the appointment of Steven Isenberg, a lawyer and professor of literature, as… More
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