Plus: Q&As with Cecile Richards, Bernardine Evaristo, Brandon Taylor, and more
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** Literature in the Time of Coronavirus ([link removed][UNIQID])
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As more and more countries are grappling with the spread of COVID-19, we at PEN America turn to literature, because in times of uncertainty, stories can help us draw strength from the experiences of others. Read more » ([link removed][UNIQID])
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** #FREESPEECH2020
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** Q&A: Cecile Richards ([link removed][UNIQID])
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As part of PEN America's ongoing Free Speech 2020 campaign, Cecile Richards, co-founder of Supermajority and former Planned Parenthood president, spoke with us about about why freedom of speech and expression matter, especially this year, and the greatest threats to speaking out. Read more ›› ([link removed][UNIQID])
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** PEN OUT LOUD TALKS
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** Q&A: ([link removed][UNIQID]) Bernardine Evaristo and Safiya Sinclair ([link removed][UNIQID])
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While Bernardine Evaristo and Safiya Sinclair's 3/19 PEN Out Loud event has been canceled, we got a chance to speak with Evaristo and Sinclair about their writing process, the importance of freedom of expression, and books we should be reading now. Read more ›› ([link removed][UNIQID])
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** LITERARY AWARDS
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** Highlights from the 2020 Literary Awards Ceremony ([link removed][UNIQID])
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On March 2, PEN America announced the winners of the 2020 Literary Awards, including Yiyun Li, who won the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award for Where Reasons End.
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The PEN Ten:
Author Interviews
** Catch up on our latest author interviews
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› Vanessa Hua (Deceit and Other Possibilities: Stories) ([link removed][UNIQID])
› Natalie Diaz (Postcolonial Love Poem) ([link removed][UNIQID])
› Maisy Card (These Ghosts Are Family) ([link removed][UNIQID])
› Brandon Taylor (Real Life) ([link removed][UNIQID])
Tracking the pandemic's impact on the publishing industry
› A Coronavirus Update from PEN America ([link removed][UNIQID])
› PW: Coronavirus Impact Begins to Spread ([link removed][UNIQID])
› LitHub: Coronavirus Has Ground Chinese Publishing to a Halt ([link removed][UNIQID])
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News from the PEN America Community
As the world faces a global health crisis, PEN America has unfortunately had to cancel or postpone some of our upcoming author events. Below are some additional ways to support their work:
›› Check out or pre-order books from our author events:
CANCELED - 3/19 PEN Our Loud: Bernardine Evaristo with Safiya Sinclair (NYC) - Check out Bernardine Evaristo's Booker Prize-winning novel ** Girl, Woman, Other ([link removed][UNIQID])
and Safiya Sinclair's award-winning poetry collection ** Cannibal ([link removed][UNIQID])
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CANCELED - 3/25 PEN Out Loud: Emily St. John Mandel with Samantha Hunt (NYC) - Pre-order Emily St. John Mandel's new novel, ** The Glass Hotel ([link removed][UNIQID])
, and check out Samantha Hunt's collection, ** The Dark Dark: Stories ([link removed][UNIQID])
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POSTPONED - 3/30 PEN Presents: Carolyn Forché with Carolina Rivera Escamilla (LA) - Check out Carolyn Forché's new poetry collection, ** In the Lateness of the World ([link removed][UNIQID])
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** Check out the winners of this year's NBCC Awards ([link removed][UNIQID])
, which include PEN America members Edwidge Danticat (Fiction winner for ** Everything Inside ([link removed][UNIQID])
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Everyone has the right to free speech.
From PEN America’s CEO Suzanne Nossel, ** DARE TO SPEAK ([link removed][UNIQID]&mc_cid=50f4f88b33&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
(May 5, 2020) gives readers the tools they need to navigate today’s diverse and highly divided society without curbing each other’s rights to free speech.
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From our partners
Submit your work to Narrative's Winter 2020 Story Contest (deadline is 3/31).
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