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READING LIST

Literature in the Time of Coronavirus

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 »

#FREESPEECH2020

Q&A: Cecile Richards

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 ››

PEN OUT LOUD TALKS

Q&A: Bernardine Evaristo and
Safiya Sinclair

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 ››

LITERARY AWARDS

Highlights from the 2020 Literary Awards Ceremony

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.
See all the winners here ››

The PEN Ten:
Author Interviews

Catch up on our latest author interviews

› Vanessa Hua (Deceit and Other Possibilities: Stories)

› Natalie Diaz (Postcolonial Love Poem)

› Maisy Card (These Ghosts Are Family)

› Brandon Taylor (Real Life)

Tracking the pandemic's impact on the publishing industry

› A Coronavirus Update from PEN America

› PW: Coronavirus Impact Begins to Spread

› LitHub: Coronavirus Has Ground Chinese Publishing to a Halt

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 and Safiya Sinclair's award-winning poetry collection Cannibal.

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, and check out Samantha Hunt's collection, The Dark Dark: Stories.

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, and Carolina Rivera Escamilla's short story collection, ...after....

›› Check out the winners of this year's NBCC Awards, which include PEN America members Edwidge Danticat (Fiction winner for Everything Inside), Josh Levin (Biography winner for The Queen: The Forgotten Life Behind an American Myth), and Morgan Parker (Poetry winner for Magical Negro).

Everyone has the right to free speech.

From PEN America’s CEO Suzanne Nossel, DARE TO SPEAK (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.
Pre-order your copy today.

From our partners

Submit your work to Narrative's Winter 2020 Story Contest (deadline is 3/31).
Learn more here.

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