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[VIRTUAL] PEN Out Loud: Brandon Hobson with Rebecca Makkai

Tuesday, February 16, 2021 | 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm ET
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[VIRTUAL] PEN Out Loud: Isabel Allende with Concepción de León

Monday, March 8, 2021 | 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm ET
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PEN Out Loud featured speakers and interlocutors. First row (left to right): Concepción de León, Isabel Allende, Rebecca Makkai, Brandon Hobson and Jia Tolentino. Second row (left to right): Kazuo Ishiguro, Garth Greenwell, R.O. Kwon, Melissa Febos, and Brandon Taylor

PEN America Announces Winter PEN Out Loud Literary Conversation Lineup

Press ReleaseJanuary 13, 2021

“Following a fraught year in which we were challenged to reckon with our past, confront our present, and re-imagine our future, we turn to literature and these profoundly talented… More

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[VIRTUAL] PEN Out Loud: R.O. Kwon and Garth Greenwell with Melissa Febos and Brandon Taylor

Tuesday, February 9, 2021 | 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm ET
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[VIRTUAL] PEN Out Loud x Asian American Writers’ Workshop: Kazuo Ishiguro with Jia Tolentino

Thursday, March 4, 2021 | 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm ET
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[VIRTUAL] PEN Out Loud: Marilynne Robinson with Alexander Chee

Tuesday, October 6, 2020 | 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm ET
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[VIRTUAL] PEN Out Loud: Ayad Akhtar with Ben Rhodes

Tuesday, September 15, 2020 | 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm ET
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PEN Out Loud featured speakers and interlocutors: Yaa Gyasi, Roxane Gay, Ayad Akhtar, Ben Rhodes, Marilynne Robinson, Alexander Chee, Claudia Rankine, and Lauren Michele Jackson (left to right)

PEN America Unveils Fall 2020 PEN Out Loud Lineup

Press ReleaseAugust 10, 2020

"We’re delighted to offer up a rethinking of our PEN Out Loud series, not just for our all-digital moment, but rather rethinking how conversations are happening in our current… More

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[VIRTUAL] PEN Out Loud: Claudia Rankine with Lauren Michele Jackson

Wednesday, September 30, 2020 | 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm ET
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[VIRTUAL] PEN Out Loud: Yaa Gyasi with Roxane Gay

Tuesday, September 1, 2020 | 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm ET
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