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Hosted by Aleksandr Hemon, the "Best European Fiction" program has become a staple of the PEN World Voices Festival. This year the event returned with three new authors—Noëlle Revaz… More

On September 29, 2010, at the 76th International PEN Congress in Tokyo, Japan, PEN American Center President Kwame Anthony Appiah spoke about his nomination of Liu Xiaobo for the… More

Nathan Englander presents Don DeLillo with the 2010 PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction. More

PEN presents the 2010 PEN Literary Awards, hosted by Ina Parker-Howard. This year's award winners include: Don DeLillo, Paul Harding, Susan Choi, Michael Scammell, David Mamet, Theresa Rebeck, Marshall… More

Chinese Poet Yang Lian stopped by PEN American Center on October 25, 2010 and gave an impromptu reading. He read "1989" from Riding Horses, and a short section from… More

October 19, 2010 | The Great Hall Cooper Union | NYC An Evening in Solidarity with Mexican Journalists.With readings by Paul Auster, Calvin Baker, Don DeLillo, Laura Esquivel, Francine Prose,… More

November 1, 2010 | Le Poisson Rouge | NYCWith Talib Kweli, Junot Diaz, Lisa Dierbeck, Wahida Clark, Barbara Parsons, Sean Dalpiaz, and Wally Lamb.Program edited and produced by Cara… More

At the event Breakout: Voices from Inside, Jackson Taylor moderates a conversation with Wally Lamb, Barbara Parsons, and Wahida Clark about writing behind bars.Proceeds from the event and raffle… More

At the event Breakout: Voices from Inside, Talib Kweli, Junot Diaz, Lisa Dierbeck, Wahida Clark, Sean Dalpiaz, and Wally Lamb read selections from past winners of PEN's Prison Writing… More

Unified by the motto, "We have a dream that one day, all work will be valued equally," Domestic Workers United is a guild of New York nannies, housekeepers, and… More