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This Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month, PEN America presents a reading list of books from our Literary Awards program.
NEW YORK—PEN America today announced the shortlists for the 2016 PEN Literary Awards, including finalists for the coveted PEN/Robert W.…
“This year’s Longlists speak to the extraordinary diversity of the global literary canon, and showcases an incredible wealth of stories…
Longlists announced: December 5-9, 2016 Shortlists announced: January 18, 2017 Winners announced: February 22, 2017 2017 PEN America Literary Awards…
Ha Jin was born in China in 1956. He has published two collections of poetry, Between Silences and Facing…
Like language, food is essential and theoretically accessible to almost anyone. The real question is which culinary voices are permitted,…
Hannah Tinti is the author of the best-selling novel The Good Thief, which won The Center for Fiction’s first novel…
Mitchell S. Jackson’s debut novel, The Residue Years, received wide critical acclaim and won a Whiting Award and The Ernest J.…
Elissa Schappell is an American novelist, short story writer, editor and essayist. Her first book of fiction, Use Me (2000)…
