A closer look at "PEN America at 100"

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Words on Fire: Writing, Freedom, and the Future ([link removed])


** Monday 9/12 | 4 pm
New-York Historical Society
170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024
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Join PEN America CEO Suzanne Nossel and President Ayad Akhtar for an afternoon of public conversation with world-renowned authors and staunch advocates for the freedom to write including Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Margaret Atwood, Jennifer Finney Boylan, Dave Eggers, and Salman Rushdie. The speakers will reflect on milestone moments in PEN America's history and current-day silencing, charting the ways in which writing and free speech are being challenged through book bans, educational gag orders, online harassment, self-censorship, and the detention of journalists and artists worldwide. Learn more and register ›› ([link removed])

PEN America at 100: A Closer Look ([link removed])
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Open now through October 9, 2022, at the New-York Historical Society, "PEN America at 100" ([link removed]) presents letters, photographs, posters, awards, and other artifacts to trace the history of PEN America's work defending and celebrating free expression from 1922 to today. Curated by PEN America trustee Bridget Colman with Lisa Kolosek, it's "a fascinating walk through from the early dining club-meeting, only-published authors era, to the current more than 7,500-member nationwide organization of writing professionals, readers and supporters that make up the PEN literary community." (The West Side Spirit ([link removed]) ). Learn more and visit the exhibit today ›› ([link removed])
PEN Denver Presents: The [margins.] Literary Conference ([link removed])


** Friday 8/5 – Sunday 8/7
McNichols Civic Center Building
144 W Colfax Ave, Denver, CO 80202
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PEN America Denver is proud to sponsor the [margins.] Literary Conference. Brought to you by The Word, [margins.] was created in 2020, by and for people on the margins, promoting the inclusive representation of experiences in literature for communities who have historically been excluded. The first of its kind, [margins.] is a conference, bookfair, and literary festival. [margins.] brings together writers, storytellers, and wordsmiths at all levels of experience to explore emerging trends in literature and the many approaches to storytelling, visioning and creating, education, inclusion, advocacy, organizing, and building community. Learn more and register here ›› ([link removed])

Women in Translation Reading Series 2022 ([link removed])


** Tuesday 8/16 – Tuesday 8/30 | 1pm ET
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August is around the corner, and it’s time to celebrate Women in Translation (#WiT) Month again! This reading series was initiated by blogger Meytal Radzinski in 2014 to raise awareness of translated literature by women, queer, and nonbinary authors, and promote gender and cultural diversity in literary publishing. Organized under the support of the PEN America Translation Committee, these events will bring together three panels of translators, joined by their authors, working in a diversity of languages. Learn more and register here ›› ([link removed])

The PEN Ten ([link removed])

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The PEN Ten with Cleyvis Natera: ([link removed]) “These days, I write from a place of celebration and freedom I never imagined would be available to me until much later in my writing career.”

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The PEN Ten with Tuhin Das: ([link removed]) “People assume that things get lost in translation, but translations give me literary freedom. Translations prove that words are not bound by any border or ideology or tyrant.”
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