This week’s reading list includes recommendations from YA authors in the LGBTQIA+ community and our own PEN America staff. These books, all by LGBTQIA+ authors, ask us to question the notions of sexuality and race that many of us grew up with, deconstruct our societal norms of family and community, and reimagine the future while remembering the past. Read more ››
› Realizing a New Theatre with Lynn Nottage and Jeremy O. Harris: In our final These Truths conversation, genre-breaking Black playwrights Lynn Nottage and Jeremy O. Harris join forces for a conversation about some of the most compelling questions facing modern theatre.
› Round and Round Together with Fatima Shaik, Amy Nathan, and Sharon Langley: Fatima Shaik speaks with Amy Nathan and Sharon Langley about their picture book, A Ride to Remember: A Civil Rights Story. These award-winning authors discuss how to explain segregation and the Movement for Black Lives to kids.
Catch up on our latest interviews with authors discussing the writing process and what they’re reading now. › Silvia Moreno-Garcia, author of Mexican Gothic
› Jean Kyoung Frazier, author of Pizza Girl
› Mark Doty, author of What Is the Grass: Walt Whitman in My Life
This live online event presents 2020 PEN Emerging Voices Fellows Damien Belliveau, Megan Dorame, Shannon Gatewood, M. Kiguwa, and Claire Lin reading together for the last time, with personal introductions by mentors Chris L. Terry, Vanessa Angélica Villarreal, Rachel M. Harper, Antonia Crane, and Charles Yu. RSVP now ››
Kweli International Literary Festival 2020 has been reimagined as a 10-week VIRTUAL festival to mark Kweli’s 10-year anniversary. Featuring readings, conversations, master classes, and workshops, along with presentations from keynote speakers Nikky Finney and Edwidge Danticat. See the full lineup of events here ››
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From now through August 15, 2020, publishers and agents may submit to our Book Awards, and Members may nominate writers for our esteemed Career Achievement Awards. In 2021, with the help of our partners, PEN America will confer over twenty distinct awards and grants, awarding over $350,000 to writers and translators.
DARE TO SPEAK by Suzanne Nossel On Sale July 28, 2020
From PEN America CEO Suzanne Nossel, Dare to Speak is a a vital, necessary playbook for navigating and defending free speech today while also cultivating a more inclusive public culture.
