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Next Gen PEN America Pride Picnic

2023 Pride Picnic with Next Gen PEN America

Friday, June 16, 2023 | 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm ET
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Didn’t Nobody Give a S*** What Happened to Carlotta: The Reading

Sunday, May 21, 2023 | 4:00 pm – 6:30 pm CT
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Didn’t Nobody Give a S*** What Happened to Carlotta: The Party

Saturday, May 20, 2023 | 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm CT
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Frequently Banned Books Featuring Transgender Stories

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By: Sabrina Baêta | March 30, 2023

In national efforts to ban books and restrict content on LGBTQ+ characters and themes, stories on transgender individuals and characters are commonly challenged and banned, making up about 9%… More

The Most Banned Picture Books of the 2021-2022 School Year

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By: Lisa Tolin | February 14, 2023

These are the most banned picture books of the 2021-2022 school year. Several are nonfiction, including histories of civil rights and gay pride. Others are lighthearted fiction about animals… More

Writing While at Risk: The Authorship and Urgency of Trans Stories

Wednesday, January 25, 2023 | 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm PT
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A Story of Two Brains

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By: Jennifer Finney Boylan | December 13, 2021

“That’s what artists do: We imagine possibilities. . . . But the thing is, sometimes we get it wrong.” More

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The PEN Pod: On Dave Chappelle, Protecting Journalists, and More Facebook Revelations

InterviewOctober 15, 2021

“My goal was to document voices that were not heard the same way that others were, and I wanted to make sure to hand a mic to my local… More

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The PEN Ten: An Interview with Iván Monalisa Ojeda, Translated by Hannah Kauders

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By: Jared Jackson | June 3, 2021

“You come here as an immigrant to a foreign country, far away from your family, but there’s one thing that reminds you of home—and that’s the language. Language unifies… More

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Transformation as Possibility in Queer Stories

Thursday, May 20, 2021 | 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm ET
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