The Evolution Revolution
Two hundred years after Charles Darwin began a discussion of human evolution, people are still talking. The discussion, and specifically the issue of teaching evolution to children, continued Sunday… More
Francine Prose et Paul Holdengraber à New York
Francine Prose est membre de la direction du Pen Club et écrivian. Elle a publié en France « Visite guidée de l’Enfer », « Blue Angel », « un… More
PEN World Voices: Americans seduce foreigners
A couple of interesting PEN World Festival events happened over the weekend: Salman Rushdie and Paul Auster were at Instituto Cervantes (along with Michael Ondaatje and Richard Ford) to… More
PEN’s World Voices Festival underway
The annual PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature kicked off Monday and will continue until Sunday. More
Letting Their Voices Be Heard
As PEN’s World Voices Literary Festival kicked off with a gala at the Museum of Natural History, the literati came out to honor E.L. Doctorow and support the rights… More
Nawal El Saadawi
For more than 50 years, novelist, psychiatrist and activist Dr. Nawal El Saadawi has written books that focus on identity, sexuality and the legal status of women in the… More
Literati Gathers Around a Big Dinosaur at PEN Literary Gala
The American Museum of Natural History was occupied by writers, editors, and agents on Tuesday night, April 28, for the PEN Foundation’s annual black-tie gala. More
PEN fest offers plenty of Latino voices
This week’s PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature will provide an excellent opportunity for New Yorkers to get a feel of how vast the "Latino" book world is. More
El festival del PEN celebra la universalidad de la breve e inmensa obra de Juan Rulfo
El Festival Internacional de Literatura del PEN Club celebra desde hoy hasta el próximo 3 de mayo su quinto aniversario, con una edición que llega en un formato más… More