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Read Original Literature from PEN America Publications and Programs
PEN America produces a breadth of interviews, poetry, graphic narratives, essays, translation, and book excerpts through its online series, literary awards, Prison Writing Program, World Voices Festival, and other events throughout the year.
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Dancing in the Dark
Act One(1873-1903)It is February 1903 and at present he is impersonating Shylock Homestead in the musical In Dahomey, but only after dark. He shambles about as though unsure what… More
From The Man With My Face
The Father and the DaughterThere once was a girl who looked so much like herfather that no one in the town could tell them apart.Despite their difference in age… More
From Real Karaoke People
Summer evenings around a picnic table metropolis’d with food and condiments, the man’s fingers sweep the moon from his wife’s black mane, humming of lovers in an oarless boat on the East Sea… More
Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora
The scrawny street vendor in Hanoi studies my eyes, my lips. “Brother,” he says, “yours is not a Vietnamese face. It’s a face that has not known suffering.” Then… More
Publications
PEN America publishes original literature through the Dreaming Out Loud Anthology, Prison Writing Awards Anthology, and PEN America Best Debut Stories. Previous publications include PEN America: A Journal for Writers and Readers and the Glossolalia translation trilogy. All are available for purchase.
Dreaming Out Loud: Voices of Undocumented Students
The Dreaming Out Loud anthology is a collection of 58 personal essays, short stories, and poems from undocumented student writers.
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Prison Writing Awards Anthology
The Prison Writing Awards Anthology brings the winning works of the Prison Writing Awards together in a beautiful collection to share with the world. More >>
PEN America Best Debut Short Stories
This annual anthology features the winning works of the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize, recognizing writers with outstanding fiction debuts in print or online literary magazines. More >>
PEN America: A Journal for Writers and Readers
PEN America: A Journal for Writers and Readers publishes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, conversation, graphic narrative, and more. More >>
Glossolalia
Glossolalia is the translation magazine of PEN America. Glossolalia advocates for writers with limited access to the global reading community. More >>