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Leaps and Sounds
Leaps and Sounds

New online journals for the leap year and more: a roundup of poetry-related news compiled by guest editors Ana Boži?evi? and Amy King. [More]

February 8, 2012 03:58 PM | 1 comments

Toni Morrison on Literature’s Place in Public and Private Life
Toni Morrison on Literature’s Place in Public and Private Life

In her keynote lecture from the PEN Working Day, Toni Morrison discusses the loss of public life exacerbated by the degradation of private life, and literature’s role in the modern world. [More]

February 8, 2012 02:49 PM

It’s Festival Time! Festival Neue Literatur, That Is
It’s Festival Time! Festival Neue Literatur, That Is

Festival Neue Literatur, the English-language festival of new writing from the German-speaking countries Austria, Germany, and Switzerland, takes place this weekend in New York City. [More]

February 8, 2012 01:53 PM

The Global Salon: New Orleans
The Global Salon: New Orleans

Join Eddie Robinson for the season finale of the Global Salon, which brings music, art, film, and culture together to explore the growth, rebuilding, and recovery of New Orleans. [More]

February 7, 2012 01:48 PM

PEN Podcasts: Michelle Alexander Discusses the Role of Race in US Prisons
PEN Podcasts: Michelle Alexander Discusses the Role of Race in US Prisons

What has changed since the collapse of Jim Crow has less to do with the basic structure of our society than the language we use to justify it. [More]

February 7, 2012 12:53 PM | 1 comments

Fatima Shaik: Translation, Semantics, and Race
Fatima Shaik: Translation, Semantics, and Race

One of the new rules said that the authors of any material which might cause slaves or free people to think seriously about their oppression were subject to imprisonment or death. [More]

February 6, 2012 03:07 PM | 19 comments

Events for the Week of February 4–February 11
Events for the Week of February 4–February 11

PEN Picks highlights notable literary and advocacy events in New York City and all over the country each week. [More]

February 4, 2012 12:29 PM

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