2018 PEN Literary Gala Honors Stephen King; Youth Activists Against Gun Violence Cameron Kasky, Samantha Fuentes, and Zion Kelly; Imprisoned Myanmar Reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo; and Simon & Schuster Inc. President and CEO Carolyn Reidy
PEN America welcomed a broad cross-section of New York luminaries to the American Museum of Natural History Tuesday night for the at once celebratory and urgent 2018 PEN Literary… More
PEN America to Honor Youth Activists Against Gun Violence at 2018 Literary Gala, May 22
“We are awed by these students’ bracing and courageous exercise of their free expression rights in the face of crushing personal tragedy. They have used their voices fearlessly to… More
PEN America to Honor Thrill Master Stephen King for Lifelong Contributions to Literature and Commitment to Free Expression
PEN America confers the Literary Service Award each year to a critically-acclaimed writer whose body of work helps us understand and interpret the human condition, engendering empathy and imagination… More
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Along with her family, friends, and loved ones, we mourn the loss of former PEN America trustee Elisabeth Sifton. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/13/books/elisabeth-sifton-dead.html