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Lynn Nottage & Jeremy O. Harris

These Truths: Realizing a New Theatre with Lynn Nottage and Jeremy O. Harris

PEN World VoicesJuly 1, 2020

With Broadway shuttering until 2021, what will theatre look like amidst a pandemic and cultural uprising? Award-winning Black playwrights Lynn Nottage and Jeremy O. Harris help us imagine a… More

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These Truths: Round and Round Together with Fatima Shaik, Amy Nathan, and Sharon Langley

PEN World VoicesJune 24, 2020

Fatima Shaik speaks with Amy Nathan and Sharon Langley about their picture book, A Ride to Remember: A Civil Rights Story, about how a community came together to integrate… More

ISHMAEL BEAH & ALEXIS OKEOWO

These Truths: Navigating Truths with Ishmael Beah and Alexis Okeowo

PEN World VoicesJune 17, 2020

Sierra Leonean-American author Ishmael Beah and The New Yorker staff writer Alexis Okeowo discuss how fiction can help us navigate some of the most unrelenting humanitarian crises of our age. More

Reginald Dwayne Betts

These Truths: Prison & Justice Writing with Reginald Dwayne Betts

PEN World VoicesJune 10, 2020

Poet Reginald Dwayne Betts discusses the writer’s role in deepening the American public’s understanding of mass incarceration with our Prison and Justice Writing Program. More

Burhan Sönmez, Tahir Hamut & Tatiana Voltskaya

These Truths: Cry, the Beloved Country with Tatiana Voltskaya, Tahir Hamut, and Burhan Sönmez

PEN World VoicesJune 3, 2020

Writers from around the world—Russian poet and journalist Tatiana Voltskaya, Uyghur poet Tahir Hamut, and Turkish novelist Burhan Sönmez—challenge the status quo in their home countries. More

Fernanda Melchor & Yuri Herrera

These Truths: Respecting the Silence with Fernanda Melchor and Yuri Herrera

PEN World VoicesMay 27, 2020

Fernanda Melchor, journalist and author of Hurricane Season, recently shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize, speaks with Yuri Herrera, whose next book, A Silent Fury: The El Bordo Mine… More

Álvaro Enrigue

These Truths: DREAMing Out Loud with Álvaro Enrigue

PEN World VoicesMay 20, 2020

Álvaro Enrigue, the founder of PEN’s DREAMing Out Loud Program, introduces us to the writing workshop he created to amplify the voices of DREAMers. More

Ben Okri

These Truths: Ben Okri’s The Freedom Artist with Anderson Tepper

PEN World VoicesMay 13, 2020

Novelist, poet, playwright, essayist and short story writer, Ben Okri speaks with Anderson Tepper, member of the editorial staff of Vanity Fair, about his latest novel, The Freedom Artist. More

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PEN America Launches All-Digital PEN World Voices Festival 2020

Press ReleaseMay 6, 2020

“We’ve reimagined the entire idea of what a Festival can be amid such a difficult moment in world history." More

Elif Shafak and John Freeman

These Truths: Fighting Words with Elif Shafak and John Freeman

PEN World VoicesMay 6, 2020

Critic and poet John Freeman and novelist Elif Shafak discuss the power of language and storytelling in these challenging times. More

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Social media co’s are NOT enforcing their policies to limit disinfo, violence, other violative content. It’s not abt free speech, it’s abt companies doing what they’ve promised consumers. I @freepress wrote a report on tech failures in policy & practice:https://www.freepress.net/policy-library/empty-promises-inside-big-techs-weak-effort-fight-hate-and-lies-2022

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