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BEYOND MARGINS
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The PEN/Beyond Margins Award
celebrates outstanding books by writers of color published in the
United States during the previous year.
Sponsored by the Open Book Program, the Beyond Margins Award is one of the many ways in which the Open Book Program encourages racial and
ethnic diversity within the literary and publishing communities. The Open Book Committee works to increase the literature by, for, and about African,
Arab, Asian, Caribbean, Latin, and Native Americans, and to establish
access for these groups to the publishing industry. Its goal is to
insure that those who are the custodians of language and literature are
representative of the American people. |
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2007 | The Language of Experience: Celebrating Writers of Color
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Jaime Manrique and Sonia Sanchez hosted an evening saluting Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Ernest Hardy, Harryette Mullen, and Alberto Ríos, winners of 2007 Beyond Margins Awards. Featuring audio recordings and photos from the event, excerpts from the winners’ works, and exclusive online conversations between Harryette Mullen and Erica Hunt, and Elizabeth Nunez and M.G. Vassanji.  |
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2006 | Something to Declare: Celebrating Writers of Color
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The 2006 Beyond Margins celebration recognized the accomplishments of Richard Blanco, Andrew Lam, Ed Bok Lee, Caryl Phillips, and Jennifer Tseng. Featuring readings by Ron Chernow, Elizabeth Nunez, and Sonia Sanchez.  |
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2005 | Telling the (Whole) Story:
Celebrating Writers of Color
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Paul Auster and Elizabeth Nunez hosted an evening of readings and
discussion, saluting the winners of the 2005 PEN/Beyond Margins Award. Joining in the celebration were writers Esmeralda Santiago and Colin
Channer.
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2007 BEYOND MARGINS AWARD WINNERS
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Half of a Yellow Sun (Knopf, 2006) |
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Harryette Mullen
Recyclopedia (Graywolf Press, 2006) |
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Ernest Hardy
Bloodbeats, Volume I (RedBone Press, 2006) |
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Alberto Álvaro Ríos
The Theater of Night (Copper Canyon Press, 2006) |
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>> Click here to view listings from the complete winners archive |
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