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Dear Friend,
I’m thrilled to welcome you to the opening day of the 2021 World Voices Festival. We’ve gathered a lineup of brilliant writers, thinkers, and activists together in the virtual space of this year’s festival, starting tonight with “The People’s History,” our opening night conversation featuring Maria Hinojosa, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Nikole Hannah-Jones, and Imbolo Mbue.
The authors featured in this year’s festival push boundaries, challenge inherited narratives, and deconstruct our notions of power. As we gear up for this week’s conversations, I find myself reflecting on our theme, “Power to the People,” and the relationship that we, as individuals and as writers, have to power—especially in an era when the consequences are so significant. At PEN America, we believe that words and stories matter deeply. And never more so than now.
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