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2007 Literary Awards: David Hinton
David Hinton accepts the PEN Award for Poetry in Translation for his translation from the Chinese of The Selected Poems of Wang Wei (New Directions) at the 2007 Literary… More
2007 Literary Awards: Sandra Smith
Sandra Smith accepts the PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize for her translation from the French of Suite Française (Knopf) by Irène Némirovsky at the 2007 Literary Awards Ceremony. The award… More
2007 Literary Awards: Bradford Morrow
Bradford Morrow, editor of Conjunctions, accepts the PEN/Nora Magid Award, a biennial award honoring a magazine editor whose high literary standards and taste have, throughout his or her career,… More
Nadine Gordimer: The Ultimate Safari
Nadine Gordimer reads "The Ultimate Safari" at the 2007 PEN World Voices Festival. More
History and the Truth of Fiction
A panel discussion with Arthur Japin, Laila Lalami, Imma Monsó, and Michael Wallner (moderated by Colum McCann) at the event History and the Truth of Fiction, part of the… More
2007 Literary Awards: Prison Writing Awards
Michael Cunningham announces the winners of the Prison Writing Awards—Clifford Barnes, Steven Bulleit, J.E. Wantz, Christina MacNaughton and Keith Sanders—at the 2007 Literary Awards Ceremony. More
Something to Declare: Introduction
Ron Chernow, Elizabeth Nunez, and Sonia Sanchez offer introductory remarks to Something to Declare: Celebrating Writers of Color. More
Conversation: Something to Declare
Richard Blanco, Ed Bok Lee, Andrew Lam, and Sonia Sanchez in conversation at the 2006 PEN event Something to Declare: Celebrating Writers of Color. More
Larry Siems Introduces the 2007 event Dirty Wars: Readings Against Torture…
Larry Siems, Director of the PEN American Center Freedom to Write program, introduces the 2007 event Dirty Wars: Readings Against Torture, Arbitrary Detention, Kidnapping, and Rendition. More
Marie Ponsot Reads an Untitled Poem by Scott Walt
Marie Ponsot reads Scott Walt's untitled poem, winner of an honorable mention for poetry in PEN's 2004 Prison Writing Contest, at the 2009 event Breakout: Voices from Inside. More
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