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Amulya Hiremath

Communications Consultant

Amulya Hiremath is a Communications Consultant at PEN America. Experienced as a writer and journalist from India, she specializes in long-form narratives, reporting on literature and culture. Most recently, she worked for Travel Media, responsible for editing books, curating for bookstores, and dabbling all things prose and poetry. She has bylines in Columbia News Service, N+2, A Hotel Life, and other international publications. Hiremath holds an MS in journalism from Columbia University and an MA in English from the University of Mysore.


Articles by Amulya Hiremath

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TranslationWriting as Craft
Tuesday August 26

Language as Culture, History, and Stories: Deepa Bhasthi on the Heart of Translation

In an interview with PEN America, writer and translator Deepa Bhasthi shares what translation means in a multilingual society like India.

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World Voices Festival
Monday August 18

Surviving the Impossible: Women Navigate Death and Grief in a Complex Healthcare System

Samina Ali and Ariel Gore discussed their memoirs, which chronicle the ways the medical system failed them.

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World Voices Festival
Tuesday July 15

For Women Writers, Gender Discrimination Is No Fiction

With decades of experience and tens of books to their names, Picoult and Davis recalled all the boxes women who write are placed into.

More Articles by Amulya Hiremath

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Educational CensorshipU.S. Free Expression
Wednesday June 18

Fear, Uncertainty, Distress Settle Over Black History Classrooms

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World Voices Festival
Friday May 23

‘History is the Shape We Give the Past’: Bernhard Schlink and Claire Messud Talk Preserving History Through Writing

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Banned BooksU.S. Free Expression
Thursday May 15

Lil Miss Hot Mess Wants Kids To Bring Out Their Best Selves And Have The Best Time

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World Voices Festival
Friday May 9

2025 PEN World Voices Festival Closing Night: Journalism Under Siege

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Thursday April 10

Vauhini Vara is Closing the Distance between Creative Writing and Journalism

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Writing as CraftBanned Books
Thursday April 10

Jamia Wilson Wants to Call All the Troublemakers of the World

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Writing as CraftBanned Books
Monday April 7

‘When Life is Hard, Books Help’: An Interview with Laurie Halse Anderson

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Writing as Craft
Tuesday April 1

Booker Prize Winner Geetanjali Shree is ‘Untrammeled and Untamed’

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Writing as Craft
Thursday March 6

How an Experience With Death Helped This Writer Reimagine Life

Literary ProgramsLiterary Community
Tuesday February 25

‘I’m Glad You Are Here’: Black-Owned Bookstores Share Passion for Community

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Literary ProgramsWriter Opportunities
Thursday January 23

‘This Thing You’re Doing Is Worth It’: Rising Fiction Stars Celebrate PEN/Dau Prize

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Literary ProgramsWriting as Craft
Wednesday January 22

Community Through Poetry: Poets Across Lines Find Fellowship

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Online Abuse & Digital Safety
Monday January 6

What are My Digital Protections? How to Handle (and Prevent) Online Threats as a Journalist

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Writing as Craft
Monday December 23

10 Pieces of Writing Advice | The PEN Ten

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Global Free Expression
Thursday December 19

Ukrainian Writer Olena Stiazhkina on Language and War

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Writing as CraftGlobal Free Expression
Tuesday December 3

European Literature Night: Celebrating the Power of Words Across Borders

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Banned Books
Wednesday November 27

The Hidden Cost of Defending Books: Freedom to Read Advocates Speak Out