Dear Friend, 

We're so excited to welcome you to the 2021 PEN World Voices Festival. This year's Festival, Power to the People, celebrates the changes that are possible when we come together, as well as the power of literature and words to help bridge the divides that separate us.

PEN America's mission, to protect the freedom to write, is more important than ever. Join our community of Members to help us defend that freedom, and get 50% off your World Voices Festival tickets, as well as other special discounts throughout the year.
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The Festival was founded by Salman Rushdie, Esther Allen, and Michael Roberts in the aftermath of September 11, 2001, with the aim of broadening channels of dialogue between the United States and the world—a mission that continues to have great relevance today, especially following a year when division, bloodshed, and violence have polarized our national discourse.

We hope you'll join us as we continue to champion the freedom to write, unite writers and their allies to celebrate creative expression, and defend the liberties that make it possible.

Thank you,
Rebecca Werner, PEN America
Rebecca Werner
Director, Membership and National Engagement
PEN America

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2021 World Voices Festival: Power to the People
Tickets for PEN America's 2021 World Voices Festival are available now! 

This year’s Festival, Power to the People, will draw together virtual audiences from around the world for a series of more than 20 events across five days.
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The 2021 PEN World Voices Festival (May 18 - 22, 2021) convenes fiction and nonfiction writers, poets, translators, thinkers, and activists to honor the art of the possible and the power of storytelling to push boundaries, challenge inherited narratives, and give voice to hope, courage, and survival. In a year when division and bloodshed have been fueled by hatreds based on race, ethnicity, and religion, the Festival celebrates resilience and courage, and summons the powers of the radical imagination and literature as gateways to reckoning and reconciliation.

Featured Festival authors this year include: Jhumpa Lahiri, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Imbolo Mbue, Maria Hinojosa, Alison Bechdel, Kiese Laymon, Yusef Komunyakaa, George Saunders, Joy Harjo, Mortada Gzar, G. Willow Wilson, John McWhorter, Edwidge Dandicat, Richard Flanagan, and many more.

Don't forget to sign up below to become a World Voices Festival Insider, so you can stay up-to-date on all things Festival and get exclusive content about your favorite writers. 
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For more information, visit PEN.org and follow the Festival @PENworldvoices on Twitter and on Instagram at instagram.com/penworldvoices.
  
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