September Bronx Writers Center Dispatch: Orlando Ferrand
Writer, artist, and PEN member Orlando Ferrand reflects on his tumultuous adolescence in Cuba, where politics and sex made uneasy bedfellows. More
August: Bronx Writers Center Dispatch
In his latest dispatch, Bronx Writers Center Director Charlie Vázquez shares more about the Bronx Memoir Project, as well as literary and artistic events in NYC's northernmost borough. More
March: Bronx Writers Center Dispatch
In the first blog of a series, Bronx Writers Center Director Charlie Vázquez shares about the literary and arts events happening in his local community. More
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NEW: PEN America has filed a legal brief against Puerto Rico's "fake news" law. We argue the bill provides insufficient carveouts to protect press freedom. Our full statement. https://bit.ly/2E2DHr0
Novels written by women using male pen names have been reissued using the authors' actual names to mark the 25th anniversary of the @WomensPrize for Fiction. https://bbc.in/3kI8Vop