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2010 PEN Translation Fund Recipient Daniel Brunet Presents Dea Loher’s <i>Bluebeard</i>
2010 PEN Translation Fund Recipient Daniel Brunet Presents Dea Loher’s Bluebeard

A staged reading of Dea Loher’s Bluebeard—Hope of Women on May 21. [More]

May 18, 2012 04:28 PM

Angela Veronica Wong: Three Poems
Angela Veronica Wong: Three Poems

"Elsa was stabbed to death she had her key / in the front door her foot on the street." [More]

May 18, 2012 03:55 PM

Understanding Egypt
Understanding Egypt

Mona Eltahawy, Elias Khoury, and Rula Jebreal discuss the complexities of the Egyptian revolution. [More]

May 15, 2012 02:11 PM | 1 comments

Julian Sanchez: On Fiction and Surveillance
Julian Sanchez: On Fiction and Surveillance

"When we talk about surveillance and privacy—perhaps more than any other political question—we speak a language borrowed from fiction." [More]

May 14, 2012 01:27 PM | 2 comments

Flashily Cerebral
Flashily Cerebral

A roundup of PEN-Member related news. [More]

May 14, 2012 01:03 PM

Salman Rushdie: The Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture
Salman Rushdie: The Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture

“Art is not entertainment. At its very best, it’s a revolution.” [More]

May 11, 2012 05:17 PM | 3 comments

Jennifer Egan: How to Create Your Own Rules
Jennifer Egan: How to Create Your Own Rules

Pulitzer Prize–winning Jennifer Egan discusses the role of structure in writing and reading. This event took place on May 4 at PEN's World Voices Festival. [More]

May 10, 2012 04:17 PM

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