History of PEN America
PEN America celebrated its centenary in 2022, 100 years after its founding in New York City. Here are highlights of PEN America's history and the origins of PEN America. More
World Voices Festival: Marlon James
At the 2023 PEN America World Voices Festival, Marlon James is hosting a fireside chat with Nigerian-British writer Ben Okri, followed by a panel on the second novel with… More
World Voices Festival: Ottessa Moshfegh
Ottessa Moshfegh will discuss the challenge of keeping up with online discourse at her opening night panel at PEN America’s World Voices Festival, “Ottessa Moshfegh Presents: Why Write?" More
Ta-Nehisi Coates at the World Voices Festival
Ta-Nehisi Coates hopes to contextualize the flurry of censorship across the United States in his Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture on May 11 at PEN America’s World Voices… More
Announcing PEN America’s 18th Annual World Voices Festival, May 10-13 in New York City and Los Angeles
Ta-Nehisi Coates, a MacArthur “genius” grant honoree, will deliver the festival’s keynote, the annual Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture, May 11 at the New School on the book… More
Salman Rushdie’s New Novel Turns a Spotlight On the Enduring Power of Stories
The publication of a new novel by Salman Rushdie is always a high point on the literary calendar and Victory City, due out Feb. 7, brings added celebration, joy,… More
PEN Podcast: Margaret Atwood Reads “The Tent” and “A Poor Woman Learns to Write”
Canadian poet, novelist, critic, essayist, and environmental activist Margaret Atwood attempts to answer the question "Does writing change anything?" More
PEN Podcast: Neil Gaiman Performs at An Evening with the Moth
In celebration of his birthday tomorrow, the PEN Podcast features Neil Gaiman telling a story during An Evening with the Moth, part of the 2007 PEN World Voices Festival. More
PEN Podcast: Zadie Smith Reads from On Beauty
Our PEN Podcast features Zadie Smith reading from her novel "On Beauty" at the 2006 PEN World Voices Festival. More
PEN Podcast: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o on the world in 2050
To celebrate Mashujaa Day, a holiday to honor all those who contributed to the struggle for Kenya's independence, today's PEN podcast features Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o's predictions for where the… More
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