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** Reckoning and Reconciliation in Biden's America ([link removed])

Tuesday 1/26 | 8pm ET/5pm PT
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Join PEN America’s town hall, Reckoning and Reconciliation in Biden’s America ([link removed]) , for a compelling, timely discussion on how we move forward, moderated by PEN America CEO Suzanne Nossel and featuring PEN America’s new president, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and author of Homeland Elegies Ayad Akhtar, journalist Masha Gessen, historian Jill Lepore, professor and author Omar G. Encarnación, and columnists Charles Blow and Peggy Noonan. This conversation will bring a diversity of perspectives to the thinking on these crucial next steps for our nation.

This event is open to PEN America Members and supporters nationwide and internationally as the centerpiece of our annual general meeting. RSVP now and check out PEN America's Free Expression and the First 100 Days: An Agenda for the Biden-Harris Administration ([link removed]) .
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** Get your tickets for PEN Out Loud 2021 ([link removed])
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PEN America's celebrated PEN Out Loud series ([link removed]) is back for its Winter 2021 series. Flash sale until January 27! Use the code WINTERPOL for 50 percent off General Admission tickets. Learn more here and grab your tickets before our flash sale ends ›› ([link removed])


** Announcing the 2021 PEN America Grant Winners ([link removed])
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PEN America is delighted to announce the 2021 grant winners. With the help of our partners, PEN America confers over 20 distinct awards, grants, and prizes each year, supporting writers and translators of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, children’s literature, oral history, and more. See the full list of 2021 grant winners here ›› ([link removed])


** You Are A Writer: A Career & Craft Workshop Series ([link removed])
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There's just one more session coming up in PEN America's free online workshop series, You Are A Writer. ASL interpretation is provided by Pro Bono ASL.
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It Takes Two: The Author and the Agent ([link removed])


** Wednesday 1/27
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The ins and outs of literary representation can be difficult to decipher, particularly for those working outside of traditional pathways like MFA programs. This session will include a guide to composing a compelling query letter and tips on researching and landing an agent that is right for you. Register here » ([link removed])


** PEN America's Writing for Justice Fellowship: Apply by February 15 ([link removed])
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PEN America’s Writing for Justice Fellowship commissions writers—emerging or established—to create written works of lasting merit that illuminate critical issues related to mass incarceration and catalyze public debate. Learn more about the recent accomplishments of past Writing for Justice Fellows ([link removed]) to the landscape of both literature and advocacy, and apply for this year's Fellowship by February 15, 2021. ([link removed])

Catch Up with The PEN Ten ([link removed])

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The PEN Ten with Katherine Seligman: ([link removed]) “There is a reason why people gathered together to hear stories before they had ways to record or print them. They were passed on from one person to another, showing us what it means to be human. We find ourselves in those stories.”

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The PEN Ten with Mateo Askaripour: ([link removed]) “I wanted to explore the concept that so many of us Black and Brown people know: ‘Take it until you make it.’ . . . This concept of success, and the cost that many of us have to pay to achieve it, is the driving force behind every page.”


** From Our Partners
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T Book Club: A Discussion on Go Tell It on the Mountain ([link removed])
Thursday 1/28 | 7pm ET / 4pm PT
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Join The New York Times T Book Club, which focuses on classic works of American literature, for a conversation on Edith Wharton's classic ‘The Custom of the Country’. On Jan. 28, watch a virtual discussion of the book, featuring the novelist Claire Messud in conversation with T features director Thessaly La Force, that will address questions from readers. RSVP to attend here » ([link removed])

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