In Which Margaret Atwood Does Not Receive Her Just Desserts
Last night was the PEN America Gala, where, beneath the Natural History Museum's dangling whale, Margaret Atwood received the organization's Literary Service Award. Said Atwood as she accepted the… More
PEN Literary Gala
I've been to many fancy parties underneath the belly of the gigantic blue whale suspended over the Hall of Ocean Life, but something about this night felt like graduating… More
Monzó y Farrés participan el 30 de abril en Nueva York en el festival PEN World Voices
Los escritores Quim Monzó y Ernest Farrés participarán el 30 de abril en el PEN World Voices Festival de Nueva York, evento que se celebrará desde hoy y hasta… More
The PEN World Voices Festival
Salman Rushdie, and Caro Llewellyn, PEN World Voices Festival and Public Programs Director, discuss this year’s PEN World Voices Festival. More
PEN/ Academy of American Poets / Burroughs in Sartasota
The annual PEN World Voices Festival gears up in New York, with visiting literati arriving despite volcanic ash and house arrests from repressive governments that fear how their most… More
PEN International Fest Announces Lineup
Authors will temporarily give up the writing life for the speaking life when PEN American Center begins its weeklong Voices Festival of International Literature on April 26. Familiar literary… More
PEN World Voices Festival Lineup Revealed
Today the PEN American Center unveiled the schedule for the sixth annual PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature—a New York City-based festival with 150 writers from 40 countries.… More
PEN International Fest Announces Line-Up
Authors will temporarily give up the writing life for the speaking life when PEN American Center launches its weeklong Voices Festival of International Literature on April 26. Familiar literary… More
The Crisis and How to Deal with It
Following are excerpts from a symposium on the economic crisis presented by The New York Review of Books and PEN World Voices at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on… More
Lit Seen: James Hannaham’s God Says No; Mark Z. Danielewski Exposed at PEN Fest
James Hannaham and I decide to meet one rainy Friday afternoon in a polished, low-lit midtown hotel, where the men's bathroom is supposed to be great for cruising. More
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