PEN Prison Writing Program Award Goes to Eric Boyd
Eric Boyd, a graduate of the Words Without Walls program offered to prisoners at the Allegheny County Jail through Chatham University’s MFA in Creative Writing program, was recently named… More
Harrison Ford Announces New Science Literary Prize
In an effort to reward quality science writing, actor Harrison Ford joined science writer Rebecca D. Costa and E.O. Wilson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Harvard biology professor, to announce… More
Actor Harrison Ford pays an answer to Palo Alto
There was no bullwhip and no rakish fedora when Hollywood icon Harrison Ford came to Palo Alto Friday. Instead the actor and conservationist joined Pulitzer-prize-winning environmentalist Edward (E.O.) Wilson… More
PEN launches online book group with Lispector
On July 6, PEN American Center launches its first online book club. The center -- and its friends and fans -- will read Clarice Lispector's "The Hour of the… More
Princeton scholar re-elected as PEN president
NEW YORK — Author-scholar Kwame Anthony Appiah has been elected to a second one-year term as president of the PEN American Center. In a statement released Wednesday by the… More
PEN American Wins Amazon Grant
PEN American Center, the U.S. branch of the international literary and human rights group, announced yesterday that it has been awarded a twenty-five-thousand-dollar grant by Amazon. The money will… More
Amazon Awards PEN American Center $25K
Today Amazon.com, Inc. ((AMZN) awarded the PEN American Center a $25,000 grant to continue their work. The center will use the money to increase new media capabilities, and more… More
PEN American Center Names New Director
The PEN American Center, the American branch of the international literary and human rights organization, has announced the appointment of Steven Isenberg, a lawyer and professor of literature, as… More
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