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TELLING THE (WHOLE) STORY
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This December, PEN celebrates writers of color in an evening of readings and discussion, saluting the winners of the 2005 PEN/Beyond Margins Award.  |
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PEN MEMBERS SPEAK OUT:
HURRICANE KATRINA
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In response to the upsurge of articles, essays, and reactions published in recent weeks, PEN has compiled an assortment of articles for this special edition of PEN Members Speak Out devoted to Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. |
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PEN RECOMMENDS
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What are we missing? What important books written in other languages are not available in English?
When that question was put to them in 2002, PEN members sent in answers which were subsequently published in the PEN America 2: Home & Away.
A subsequent NEA study,
limited to fiction and poetry, found that out of more than 10,000 works
of fiction and poetry published in the United States in 1999, only 300
were translations. The PEN Translation
Committee followed up on PEN America's initiative to create an ongoing, on-line list of books that PEN members recommend for translation.
We are now asking all PEN members to help us update this list. |
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LETTER TO THE PEN MEMBERSHIP ON HURRICANE KATRINA
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From Salman Rushdie & A.M. Homes: We have all watched in horror the suffering of those
affected by Hurricane Katrina and the tragic delays in relief efforts.
It is our hope that PEN can effectively channel our collective outrage
and also provide some financial aid for those writers, translators,
editors and agents most in need. |
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FOREIGN EXCHANGES
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In the fifth installment of PEN's Foreign Exchanges series, Art Spiegelman and Marjane Satrapi (author of Persepolis 1 and 2 and Embroideries) came together for a conversation, moderated by Françoise Mouly. Audio clips are now available. |
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READ THE WINNERS OF THE 2004-05 PRISON WRITING CONTEST
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Every year, the PEN Prison Writing Program sponsors an annual writing contest for prisoners. Anyone incarcerated in a federal, state, or county prison is eligible to enter their works of fiction, poetry, drama, essay, or memoir. Winning manuscripts from this year's contest are now available on-line. |
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