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Aleksandar Hemon Reads “The Book of My Life”
Aleksandar Hemon reads the title piece from his latest book, The Book of My Lives, at McNally Jackson on March 29, 2013. More
Aleksandar Hemon & Colum McCann in Conversation
Aleksandar Hemon and Colum McCann in conversation at McNally Jackson books on March 29, 2013. A short Q&A follows the discussion. More
Activists Break Through Security to Visit Liu Xia
Last Friday, writers, activists, and intellectuals Hu Jia, Xu Youyu, Hao Jian, and Liu Di broke through a security cordon around their friend Liu Xia's apartment in Beijing and… More
PEN @ Bloomberg: A Conversation with Michael Lewis
PEN American Center, a global literary community protecting free expression, joins with Bloomberg News, a global media community promoting the flow of information. This was the second event of… More
PEN @ Bloomberg: Thomas Mann and Norman Ornstein
PEN American Center, a global literary community protecting free expression, joins with Bloomberg News, a global media community promoting the flow of information. This event included guest speakers Thomas… More
2012 PEN Literary Awards Ceremony
In 2012, PEN awarded 18 awards, fellowships, grants, and prizes to writers at work in a variety of genres—including two awards offered for the first time ever: the PEN/Bellwether… More
PEN Members Read at KGB’s Sunday Night Fiction Series
PEN American Center staff and members enjoyed drinks, readings, and conversation at the venerable KGB Bar in the East Village for one of the longest-running reading series in NYC.… More
Breakout: Voices from Inside, A Benefit Reading for PEN American Center’s Prison Writing Program
A panel of tremendous writers and actors, including Lili Taylor, Nick Flynn, Touré, and Bryonn Bain, for read moving, award-winning prose and poetry from the PEN Prison Writing Contest.… More
PEN Events: Thought Is Free
PEN American Center and The Public Theater presented a program in support of writers and artists who have been imprisoned or imperiled for speaking truth to power. In “Thought… More
Reckoning with Torture: Memos and Testimonies from the “War on Terror”
In Doug Liman's film Reckoning with Torture: Memos and Testimonies from the "War on Terror," ordinary Americans stand side-by-side with actors, writers, and former military interrogators and intelligence officers… More
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