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The PEN Pod: Avenues for Magic with Emily X.R. Pan and Nova Ren Suma

InterviewNovember 17, 2020

““We wanted to acknowledge and share some of the beauty and the power that YA fiction has, especially in the form of the short story.” More

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The PEN Pod: Nurturing Children’s Curiosity with Tami Charles

InterviewOctober 27, 2020

“Yes, this is a love letter to my son. Yes, this is a love letter to Black and Brown children, but this is also an affirmation to all children.” More

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The PEN Pod: On Knowing We’re Not Alone with BIll Konigsberg

InterviewOctober 6, 2020

“The misfits have stories to tell. People who feel that way have more of a need to read in some ways, so I think it’s a perfect marriage.” More

Natasha Trethewey

The PEN Pod: On the Power of Poetry with Natasha Trethewey

InterviewJuly 30, 2020

“Poetry can save us. It can, in many ways, unite us because of the sheer intimacy of a single voice that might reach someone.” More

Julia Alvarez

The PEN Pod: Challenging Our Paradigms with Julia Alvarez

InterviewJuly 7, 2020

“What [reading] asks of us is to become the other, to become someone else. And those are the same muscles that we use when we’re activists for social justice.“ More

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Coming of Age at the End of An Empire: Novels for Young Readers

Sunday, October 13, 2019 | 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
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On Writing Fearlessly: A PEN Ten Interview with Lilliam Rivera

InterviewMarch 7, 2019

"I’m just trying . . . to find joy in the littlest of things—in working with young people, in laughing out loud with my friends, and in writing fearlessly." More

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PEN/Phyllis Naylor Grant for Children’s and Young Adult Novelists

Children's / Young Adult

The PEN/Phyllis Naylor Grant for Children’s and Young Adult Novelists is offered annually and awards $5,000 to an author of children’s or young adult fiction. More

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2018 PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship

Children's / Young Adult

The PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship is offered annually and awards $5,000 to an author of children’s or young adult fiction. More

Remembering Vera B. Williams: A Tribute

Tribute
By: PEN America | October 30, 2015

Friends, writers, and illustrators pay tribute to the longtime former chair of PEN's CYAB Committee and much beloved children's book writer and illustrator. More

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