Expand Your Understanding: A Reading List
A recommended reading list compiled in anticipation of March's PEN Out Loud discussion with Layli Long Soldier and Claudia Rankine. More
Pushing Past Constraints: A Reading List
A reading list compiled in anticipation of February’s PEN Out Loud event with Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah and Isaac Fitzgerald to discuss Friday Black. More
Lest We Forget: A Reading List
In celebration of PEN Out Loud: Lest We Forget, a 2018 retrospective, PEN America and Strand Book Store have developed the following reading list. More
Visual Disobedience: A Reading List
In celebration of PEN Out Loud: Visual Disobedience, PEN America and Strand Book Store have developed the following reading list. More
Writing the Future: A Reading List
A young adult recommended reading list curated for PEN Out Loud: Writing the Future, presented by PEN America and the Strand Book Store. More
Dear America: A Reading List
A reading list for PEN Out Loud: Dear America, an event with Jose Antonio Vargas on the burden of undocumented immigrants’ mental health in America. More
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"I passed through a lot of houses, loves, and typewriters, never quite finding the right one."
Sandra Cisneros looks back at her earlier work. https://t.co/vCnqYMYKqV
This Thursday, join us at @strandbookstore to see @NK_Adjei and @IsaacFitzgerald in conversation! They'll discuss writing in the hinterlands of satire, where absurdity reflects and challenges reality. https://t.co/kkV7XiKxE5
We recommend 15 books to help diversify one’s scope of understanding, including @josdcharles, @TereseMarieM, @jennymxie, and more. https://t.co/ZjuhZpa8Zs