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Jennifer Egan, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, has been named the new president of PEN America. She takes over as president during a time of change for PEN, which is… More

Last month, news broke that the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision filed Directive 4911A, banning books from being donated to inmates. Thanks to community pressure and advocates like… More

On Monday, the advocacy group PEN America organized a worldwide day of action in support of Sentsov. People from around the world posted pictures of themselves carrying placards that… More

PEN America has announced that Hillary Clinton will deliver the closing lecture at this year’s PEN World Voices Festival, capping off a week of events dedicated to the theme… More

Last week, the Irish novelist Edna O’Brien was in town to receive the PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature. O’Brien, who has “broken down social and sexual barriers… More

At last week’s PEN America Literary Awards Ceremony in New York, Irish novelist Edna O’Brien received the PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature for work that allows readers… More

Last night, the soon-to-be-consolidated PEN America convened at NYU’s Skirball Center to celebrate writers at its annual PEN America Literary Awards. More

In a large list of winners for its annual suite of literary awards worth $325,000 in total, the now consolidated PEN America program has named gay author Edmund White… More

The book world came together to celebrate groundbreaking new literature on Tuesday night at the 2018 PEN America Literary Awards. The ceremony honors authors who have made significant contributions… More

Prominent journalists Ahmet Altan, Mehmet Altan and Nazli Ilicak and three other media workers were convicted of crimes against the state, a charge that governments around the world are… More