The PEN Ten with Carmen Agra Deedy
Respect the intelligence of young readers and never, ever, lie to them. They will love you for the former and crucify you should you ignore the latter. More
Roxane Gay to Give Arthur Miller Lecture at 2016 PEN World Voices Festival
In the lead-up to the PEN World Voices Festival, taking place in New York on April 25 - May 1, 2016, PEN America has announced that one of the… More
PEN World Voices Festival Announces Roxane Gay To Deliver Arthur Miller Lecture
Leading Feminist Writer and Cultural Critic to Deliver the “Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture” on May 1 Additional New Events to the Festival Include a Conversation between Fran Lebowitz… More
The PEN Ten with Moustafa Bayoumi
"A writer’s “revolutionary duty,” as Gabriel García Márquez once put it, is 'to write well.' The responsibility of a human being, on the other hand, is to practice compassion… More
PEN World Voices Festival Tenth Anniversary Highlights
Founded in 2005 under the direction of Salman Rushdie, the PEN World Voices Festival has hosted more than 1,400 writers from 78 countries, speaking 56 languages. More
Aerial Maneuvers
Calvino's The Baron in the Trees, the book of his I love most, has accompanied me through life as a sort of moral and political manifesto. It may seem… More
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