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In selecting Arna Bontemps Hemenway, the judges wrote: “In Elegy on Kinderklavier, attention is salvation. These stories are not afraid…
Writing for The New York Times, Ben Percy asserts that, with The Yellow Birds, “Kevin Powers has something to say,…
Born and raised in Zimbabwe, NoViolet Bulawayo earned her MFA at Cornell University, where she was a recipient of the…
PEN America’s 2021 Literary Awards judges join a long tradition of esteemed writers and PEN America members committed to recognizing…
Founded in 1963, the PEN America Literary Awards honor the most outstanding voices in literature across diverse genres.
Clarisse Rosaz Shariyf, chief of literary programs at PEN America, said: “For 60 years, writers and translators selected for PEN…
Since 1963, the PEN America Literary Awards has conferred over 20 distinct awards to writers.
Introduction: The “Problematic” Discourse and Books In the past few years, the literary community has seen waves of activism that…
In front of a record-setting virtual audience, PEN America feted its annual award winners, career achievement honorees, and marked an…
