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At a time when the COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting millions of people’s lives in unprecedented ways, PEN America’s World Voices Festival ([link removed][UNIQID]) launches a new playlist series with songs selected by some of our favorite authors from around the world. Our first playlist features songs curated by Laila Lalami, whose novel The Other Americans was a National Book Award finalist. Listen now ›› ([link removed][UNIQID])
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** READING LISTS
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** PEN World Voices 2020 ([link removed][UNIQID])
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** A Festival Reading List
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PEN America’s World Voices Festival is proud to share these books, newly and soon-to-be published by authors due to appear at the 2020 World Voices Festival. We invite you to celebrate these works and support these authors by buying and reading these books.
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** GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
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PEN America's 2021 Grants & Fellowships are open now for submissions!
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Reading Lists
Cooped up at home? It's a good time to catch up on some reading. Check out our other reading lists, featuring poetry collections, novels, memoirs, and more from some of the most urgent voices of our time.
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