PEN America Speaks: How We Defended and Celebrated Free Expression The Week of September 18
PEN America works tirelessly to defend free expression, support persecuted writers, and promote literary culture. Here are some of the latest ways PEN America is speaking out. More
PEN America Speaks: How We Defended and Celebrated Free Expression The Week of September 11
PEN America works tirelessly to defend free expression, support persecuted writers, and promote literary culture. Here are some of the latest ways PEN America is speaking out. More
Form, Fact, and Fiction: A PEN Out Loud Reading List
Curated by PEN America’s Literary Programs Department, this reading list highlights books and complementary titles from our signature PEN Out Loud event series. More
The PEN Pod: On the Science of Belief with Yaa Gyasi
“There has been a lot of backlash against science and a lot of distrust. . . I hope that this book adds to that conversation.” More
PEN America Unveils Fall 2020 PEN Out Loud Lineup
"We’re delighted to offer up a rethinking of our PEN Out Loud series, not just for our all-digital moment, but rather rethinking how conversations are happening in our current… More
2017 PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Fiction
Yaa Gyasi is the winner of the 2017 PEN/Hemingway Award. More
Reclaiming Our Time: A Reading List
A feminist reading list in celebration of next week's PEN Out Loud event: Reclaiming Our Time, a feminist retrospective featuring Carmen Maria Machado, Min Jin Lee, and Morgan Jerkins… More
from Homegoing
Yaa Gyasi's HOMEGOING is a finalist for the 2017 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction. Read an excerpt from the novel. More