Calendar of Events

SEPT
30

The Lit Show

Join us for a new talk show-style event hosted by PEN/Faulkner and the Inner Loop at the Keegan Theatre.

 

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OCT
2

Check This Out podcast episode

Host Rachel Barenbaum interviews Jennifer Armentrout, author of The Primal of Blood and Bone.

 

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OCT
9

Check This Out podcast episode

Host Rachel Barenbaum interviews Ruben Reyes Jr, author of Archive of Unknown Universes.

 

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OCT
15

The Big Idea

Our new series of conversations pairs novelists with thought leaders from other fields, beginning with the question “How Does Music Help Us Mourn?”

 

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OCT
16

Check This Out podcast episode

Host Rachel Barenbaum interviews Xenobe Purvis, author of The Hounding.

 

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OCT
23

Founding Friends

Author Kate Feiffer discusses her recent novel Morning Pages.

 

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OCT
23

Check This Out podcast episode

Host Rachel Barenbaum interviews Addie E. Citchens, author of Dominion.

 

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NOV
2

PEN/Hemingway Award Ceremony

Michael Deagler will be granted the award for Early Sobrieties.

 

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NOV
19

Founding Friends

Author Dolen Perkins-Valdez discusses her recent novel Happy Land.

 

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DEC
5

PEN/Malamud Award Celebration

Join us to honor PEN/Malamud Award winner David Means at American University.

 

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DEC
11

Writerly Happy Hour

Mix and mingle at Sonny’s Pizza with our friends from The Inner Loop, DC Writers Room, and The Writer’s Center.

 

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