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This afternoon, we'll be convening for a truly once-in-a-century event—a landmark symposium featuring an extraordinary lineup of literary luminaries. While we are at capacity for in-person attendees, make sure to tune in via the livestream later today at 4 pm ET if you can't join us in New York City.
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Monday Sept. 12 | 4 - 7pm ET
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, Jenny Finney Boylan, and Dave Eggers. The speakers will reflect on milestone moments in PEN America’s history and current-day instances of 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.
This event is presented in conjunction with PEN America at 100: a Century of Defending the Written Word. On view at the New-York Historical Society through Oct. 9, this installation draws material from our rich archives to provide an in-depth look at how we evolved from a post-World War I dining club into today’s leading free expression advocacy organization.
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