The Paris Review

Literary Programs Staff: Jared Jackson, Program Director, Literary Programs and Emerging Voices; Donica Bettanin, Program Director, Literary Awards

Literary Programs Interns: Angie Gomez, Jasmine Gonzalez, Lili Leitner, Audrey Pettit, Rei Wolfsohn

Festival Staff and Crew: 

Associate Producer, Jenny Tibbels

Production Manager, Dana Krieger

Production Designer, Corrie Beth Shotwell

Venue Producers: Maria Luisa Gambale, Suchan Vodoor, Aktina Stathaki, Yu Chien Liu, Taji Senior

Stage Manager, Erin Koster

Video Production: Collective Agency, Eyes Up Here Productions

Volunteer Coordinator, Lisa Best

Photographer, Beowulf Sheehan

Bookstore Partners

Brazos Bookstore • Burdock Book Collective • Deep Vellum • Pilsen Community Books • Scuppernong Books • Skylight Books • Magic City Books • Strand Book Store • Word Up Community Bookshop

World Voices Festival Co-Chairs

Ayad Akhtar • Masha Gessen

World Voices Festival Curatorial and Producing Team

Clarisse Rosaz Shariyf, Senior Director, Literary Programs

Nancy Vitale, Senior Manager and Producer, Literary Programs

Nicole Gervasio, Manager, Literary Programs and Festival

Jared Jackson, Manager, Literary Programs

Jenn Dees, Program Manager, Los Angeles

Viviane Eng, Assistant, Literary Programs

Jane Marchant, Program Director, Literary Awards

Jaime Gordon, Fellow, Literary Programs

Literary Programs Interns: Adji Diop, Anna Riddo, Kelila Weiner, Sevval Ercin, and Toni France

Special Thanks

PEN America Committees

Translation Committee • Children’s and Young Adult Books Committee

PEN America Trustees

Allison Markin Powell • Amanda Sarasien • Dinaw Mengestu • Greg Pardlo • Jennifer Egan • Jennifer Finney Boylan • Paul Muldoon • Susan Choi • Tom Healy

PEN America Staff

Alec Sandoval • Alejandro Heredia • Caits Meissner • Christina Manubag • Dounia Benslimane • Florence Li • Gina Chung • Hannah Lee • Hannah Waltz • Isabel Celio • Julie Trébault • Margaret Flynn Sapia • Melissa Joskow • Michelle Franke • Patrick Raneses • Peter Henry • Polina Sadovskaya • Rachel Pryzgoda • Rachel Roseman • Rebecca Werner • Robert Pollock • Sandy Mui • Summer Lopez • Stephen Fee • William Johnson

PEN America Literary Programs Interns

Angie Gomez, Jasmine Gonzalez, Lili Leitner, Audrey Pettit, Rei Wolfsohn

Production Team

World Voices Festival Event Producers

Alex Lisowski • Erin Maureen Koster • Maria Luisa Gambale • Maxime Verdiere • Nicole Press • Tiffany Hopkins

PEN Pops Producers

Nora Berman • Mike Gioia

Video Editor

Michael Lucio Sternbach

Graphic Design and Animation

María Lavezzo, Studio La Maria

World Voices Festival Box Office Manager

Michelle Cowles