Plus: August is Women in Translation Month

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Celebrating the Voices of Migrant Writers with DREAMing Out Loud ([link removed])
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DREAMing Out Loud ([link removed]) is PEN America’s tuition-free creative writing workshop series for young immigrant writers, primarily those who are undocumented, DACA recipients, and/or DREAMers who came to the United States when they were children. This week, PEN America released a third volume of its ground-breaking anthology, DREAMing Out Loud: Voices of Migrant Writers ([link removed]) , the first and only annual compilation of literary writing amplifying the experiences of undocumented writers in the U.S.

Check out excerpts from the anthology below:
"Stateless: 2053" by Juan David Gastolomendo ([link removed]) (LitHub)
"A Car Ride" by Erika Apupalo ([link removed]) (Encounters Magazine)
"Eternal Nostalgia" by Annmarie Gadjos ([link removed]) (Encounters Magazine)

These 48 plays, personal essays, short stories, and poems announce loudly and proudly that our writers will not be silenced or ignored; they will speak up, act out, and fight back to demand the rights and recognition they and their families deserve. Buy your copy here ›› ([link removed])
Women in Translation Month Reading Series ([link removed])


** August 12, 19, and 26 | 2pm ET
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August is here, and it’s time to celebrate Women in Translation (#WiT) Month! This year, our virtual reading series will gather voices from across time zones for an international celebration. Organized under the support of the PEN America Translation Committee ([link removed]) , these events will bring together a total of 15 translators, joined by their authors, working in 12 languages from across the world, including Cameroon French, Canadian French, Chinese, Czech, German, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish. Each reading will be followed by a brief Q&A discussion, time-permitting. Learn more about each session and register here ›› ([link removed])

And check out the CLMP (Community of Literary Magazines and Presses)'s reading list for Women in Translation Month, for which CLMP asked several independent literary presses and magazines to share some of the literature they have published that is both written and translated by women. Check out the reading list here ([link removed]) › ([link removed]) › ([link removed])
The U.S. Writers Aid Initiative ([link removed])
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PEN America is an organization of writers and their allies, and that solidarity is never more important than when members of our literary community face crises. PEN America’s U.S. Writers Aid Initiative ([link removed]) , part of the PEN America Writers Emergency Fund ([link removed]) , offers grants for writers in the United States facing acute financial need following an emergency situation.

Visit the application page for more information and to view full eligibility guidelines ›› ([link removed])

The PEN Ten ([link removed])

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The PEN Ten with Nawaaz Ahmed: ([link removed]) “Strangely, I’m more optimistic today about the possibility of change than I was when I began the novel, despite the even more precarious position the world seems to be in now. . . . Perhaps I’m heartened by all the voices that one can hear now, both voices of change and the opposition, for I can’t but believe that as long as all voices are heard and echoed strongly and publicly, there is hope.”

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The PEN Ten with Matthew Specktor: ([link removed]) “Everything is lost, eventually. Everything. Writing remains the only way I know to preserve the world as it vanishes all around us, and maybe even the best way to go about experiencing its presence to begin with.”

The PEN Pod ([link removed])
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The PEN Pod: On the Healing Power of Writing with DREAMing Out Loud's Nicole Henry ([link removed])
On this episode of The PEN Pod ([link removed]) , we spoke with Nicole Henry, one of the contributors to this year's DREAMing Out Loud: Voices of Migrant Writers ([link removed]) anthology. Nicole spoke with us about her work, the importance of migrant voices, and her journey towards becoming a writer. Listen now. ([link removed])

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