PEN America is thrilled to announce that writer and Emmy Award-winning late night host Seth Meyers will be hosting our 2022 Literary Awards Ceremony, which returns this year as a momentous in-person event, on Monday, February 28 at New York City’s Town Hall (123 W 43rd St). We look forward to gathering writers, readers, and literary luminaries for a poignant and potent celebration of the vitality of the written word. Join us for an evening of writers celebrating writers, in what our host Seth Meyers has called “the Oscars for books.” BUY TICKETS NOW ››
The NYC Literary Action Coalition, in partnership with PEN America, presents the Writing as Activism Fellowship, which reimagines the role of writers in New York City, offering tools and support to produce literary work that centers activism on community and social justice issues. We’re incredibly excited to announce the 2022 cohort: Andrea Ambam, Brittany Barker, Charles Rice-Gonzalez, John Paul (JP) Infante, Nicole Smith Futrell, and Tenzin Mingyur Paldron. The fellows will be working with teaching artist Marwa Helal. Learn more about the fellowship and the 2022 cohort ››
DREAMing Out Loud is a paid, 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. By providing community and professional support to the next generation of immigrant writers, the program seeks to counter anti-immigrant sentiment in the U.S. and to amplify the voices of many living in this country who are marginalized because of their immigration status. Learn more and apply by February 25 ››
Monday 2/28 – Wednesday 3/9 | 1pm ET Digital Event
Organized under the support of the PEN America Translation Committee, these events will bring together a total of nine translators, joined by their authors, working in nine languages from across the world, including Bulgarian, Canadian French, Finnish, German, Hebrew, Latgalian, Romanian, Spanish, and Ukrainian. The reading will be followed by a brief Q&A discussion, time-permitting. Conversations will be moderated by Nancy Naomi Carlson, Marguerite Feitlowitz, and Katherine E. Young. Learn more and register here ››
The PEN Ten with Charmaine Wilkerson: “When writing scenes of great drama or violence, I sometimes skip what others might consider to be obligatory details. . . . Omission has presence, too.”
The PEN Ten with Jessamine Chan:“In terms of American parenting culture as a whole, moral judgments of whether a mother is good or bad are inherent in pretty much everything. . . .Every decision you make as a parent (whether to give your baby formula, how soon to introduce solids, and so forth) is fraught and open to intense scrutiny, most of all from other parents.”
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