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Don't miss: The 'Chindia' Dialogues 3 Nov 2011 | 03:28 am
Coming up this weekend: Asia Society will bring 20 leading authors and critical thinkers from China and India to NYC to engage in vital literary and cultural dialogue, as part of the inaugural Asian A...
Brian Dettmer: Solo Show in Chicago 2 Nov 2011 | 07:40 am
If you happen to be in the Chicago area between Nov. 4 through 20, don't miss Paper Back, Brian Dettmer's solo show at the Packer Shopf Gallery: Here's a quotation from Brian's artist's statement: T...
New Members New Books 2 Nov 2011 | 04:12 am
Tonight PEN will be welcoming its newest members at PowerHouse Arena. Among them are poets Sandra Beasley, whose poem "Unit of Measure" is a must-read, and Terrence A. Hayes, a judge of this year's PE...
PEN Contributors Featured at AAWW Literary Festival 2 Nov 2011 | 02:18 am
The Asian American Writers Workshop Literary Festival happened this weekend, and some of PEN America’s favorite authors were honored! Frequent contributor Jessica Hagedorn received the Lifetime Achie...
The Good Books 17 Jun 2011 | 03:49 am
Selections from PEN America 14: The Good Books are now online! Here are a few of things you can check out over at PEN.org: Forum: The Good Books Welcome to the World's Greatest Book Swap: writers sha...
Don DeLillo's Short Stories 9 Jun 2011 | 03:43 am
Earlier this week, The Millions reported that Don Delillo would be releasing his first ever collection of short stories this November, The Angel Esmeralda: Nine Stories. The stories are drawn from the...
Praise for Arvind Krishna Mehrotra 2 Jun 2011 | 04:15 am
In The New York Times Book Review this past Sunday there's a great piece by August Kleinzahler, "Rebirth of a Poet," which praises Arvind Krishna Mehrotra's translation of Songs of Kabir. More so than...
The Great Global Book Swap 24 May 2011 | 04:38 am
The launch event for PEN America 14: The Good Books is now online. Colum McCann kicked it off by reading Rabih Alameddine’s lovely contribution to the forum, in which Rabih imagines bringing The Book ...
Friday event for PEN America 14: The Good Books 26 Apr 2011 | 07:06 am
As I mentioned last week, the first copies of PEN America 14: The Good Books arrived in New York today. We'll have excerpts to read online after the festival is over, but if you're in New York, you'll...
PEN World Voices next week! 23 Apr 2011 | 06:33 am
Issue #14 of PEN America will arrive on Monday -- with copies going out to subscribers, PEN members, and bookstores shortly after -- along with news here about all the great stuff that's in it. In the...
