PEN America and Lush Cosmetics present The Banned Book Library (Day 2)
Join PEN America and Lush Cosmetics in Union Square (Thursday, May 11th) and Astor Place Plaza (Saturday, May 13th) for the Banned Book Library, an... Read More
PEN America and Lush Cosmetics present The Banned Book Library (Day 1)
Join PEN America and Lush Cosmetics in Union Square (Thursday, May 11th) and Astor Place Plaza (Saturday, May 13th) for the Banned Book Library, an... Read More
Politicized: Writing Trans Narratives Today
Trans stories today are working against a daunting history of suppression, erasure, and violence. This event convenes transgender and cis writers to explore how they... Read More
The Second Novel
The journey to and from a second novel can be more fraught than writing and publishing a first. The anticipation of it being measured against... Read More
For the People: An Evening with Mahogany L. Browne, Kaitlyn Greenidge, Rachel Eliza Griffiths Elizabeth Nunez, Imani Perry, Patricia Smith, and Tyriek White
Mahogany L. Browne, Kiese Laymon, Imani Perry, Patricia Smith and Tyriek White come together for a series of discussions, readings, and musical performances that explore the intersection of art, history, and family in the Black literary tradition.
Arthur Miller Lecture: Ta-Nehisi Coates
In the Festival's keynote lecture, Ta-Nehisi Coates will discuss this moment of attempts to erase African American history and black intellectual thought in the context of the broader attacks on free speech and free expression.
Holocaust Legacies
Eight decades on, the Holocaust continues to cast a dark shadow over the lives of survivors and their descendents. It is both a destructor of... Read More
Legacies of Dislocation, War, and Revolution
What are the ripple effects of world-altering events on individual lives? How are relationships unsettled, communities unmoored, and faultlines gradually revealed? This event brings together... Read More
Insurrection: The Story of January 6th
January 6th, 2021 violently shifted the world’s view of contemporary American politics. When Donald Trump-supporting insurrectionists stormed the United States Capitol Building, it sparked a... Read More
Translation Manifesto
In 1969, the PEN America Translation Committee released a manifesto ahead of the 1970 “World of Translation” conference, the first gathering of its kind in... Read More