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Cherie Jones
Cherie Jones
Margaret Verble
Margaret Verble
Kali Fajardo-Anstine
Kali Fajardo-Anstine
Tommy Orange
Tommy Orange
Rumaan Alam
Rumaan Alam
Mateo Askaripour
Mateo Askaripour
Kevin Kwan
Kevin Kwan
Petra Mayer
Petra Mayer
Leigh Bardugo
Leigh Bardugo
INDIGENOUS
DATE | Wed, November 17, 2021, 7:00 PM
LOCATION | Online Event
We engaged with Louise Erdrich, Kali Fajardo-Anstine, and Tommy Orange, who are among the most highly acclaimed Native writers of our time. Moderated by Margaret Verble, this discussion explored how their storytelling has been informed by their experiences as Indigenous people.
A recording and transcript is now available.
MONEY
DATE | Wed, October 27, 2021, 7:00 PM
LOCATION | Online Event
Money affects every aspect of human behavior. Authors Kevin Kwan, Cherie Jones, and Mateo Askaripour, with moderator Rumaan Alam, will explore the depiction of money and global financial systems in their work and in contemporary literature.
SHADOW AND BONE
DATE | Wed, September 22, 2021, 7:00 PM
LOCATION | Online Event
This fourth installment of Literature on Screen featured Leigh Bardugo, author of the best-selling book turned hit Netflix series, “Shadow and Bone.” Leigh was in conversation with Petra Mayer (NPR) to discuss the translation of her books to the hit Netflix series!
A recording and transcript of this event is now available!
Eugenia Kim
Eugenia Kim
Rebecca Makkai
Rebecca Makkai
Charles Baxter
Charles Baxter
Charles Baxter Wins the 2021 PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story
Charles Baxter has been selected as the winner of the 2021 PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story. Given since 1988 in honor of the late Bernard Malamud, the award recognizes writers who have demonstrated exceptional achievement in the short story form....
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2021 PEN/Faulkner Award Celebration
The 2021 PEN/Faulkner Award Celebration was held on May 10, 2021, and honored this year's distinguished books and authors. This exquisite literary evening featured original readings by our PEN/Faulkner Award winner and four finalists; commendations by our three...
Enjoy the 2021 PEN/Faulkner Award Celebration with Us!
Though the 2021 PEN/Faulkner Award Celebration is virtual this year, we are still incredibly excited to honor the year's best in fiction with you. Join our team in setting the mood by streaming our event playlist, mixing a custom drink, and putting your literary...
Voices from PEN/Faulkner Interns: Jennifer Cheng
We're delighted to present this essay by Jennifer Cheng, our incredible Literary Outreach/Education Programs intern who joined us this past winter/spring, about an experience at an author visit that impacted her. Bringing Worlds to Life: Fostering Empathy and...
CRISIS
DATE | April 19, 2021
LOCATION | Online Event
Crisis featured three novelists whose work is informed by the possibility of impending crisis.
T.C. Boyle (World’s End, The Terranauts), Jenny Offill (Weather, Dept. of Speculation), and Nnedi Okorafor (Who Fears Death, Lagoon) were in conversation with moderator Sean Murphy (Founder & Executive Director, 1455).
The recording and transcript for this event is now available.
Sean Murphy
Sean Murphy
Nnedi Okorafor
Nnedi Okorafor
Jenny Offill
Jenny Offill
T.C. Boyle
T.C. Boyle
Announcing the Winner of the 2021 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
We are excited to announce that Deesha Philyaw's The Secret Lives of Church Ladies (West Virginia University Press) has been selected as the winner of the 2021 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction!"Choosing from among our five exceptional finalists was a supremely difficult...
Souvankham Thammavongsa
Souvankham Thammavongsa
Announcing the Finalists for the 2021 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
Judges have selected the five finalists for the 2021 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, America's most prestigious peer-juried literary prize. The finalists are The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw (West Virginia University Press), Disappear Doppelgänger...
REFUGE
DATE | March 11, 2021 at 7pm ET
LOCATION | Online Event
Refuge featured authors who have explored topics of immigration, identity, and home in their work, at a time when these issues are especially urgent.
This insightful and challenging discussion of refuge and home featured authors Aleksandar Hemon (Nowhere Man, The Lazarus Project), Abdi Nor Iftin (Call Me American), Souvankham Thammavongsa (How to Pronounce Knife), and moderator Matthew Davis (Founding Director, Alan Cheuse International Writers Center).
Catch the recording and transcript of this event now!
Matthew Davis
Matthew Davis
Abdi Nor Iftin
Abdi Nor Iftin
Aleksandar Hemon
Aleksandar Hemon
G. Willow Wilson
G. Willow Wilson
Mathangi Subramanian
Mathangi Subramanian
Nicole Dennis-Benn
Nicole Dennis-Benn
Transcendent Kingdom
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw
Scattered Lights
Scattered Lights by Steve Wiegenstein
The Office of Historical Corrections
The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans
Nine Shiny Objects
Nine Shiny Objects by Brian Castleberry
Mother Daughter Widow Wife
Mother Daughter Widow Wife by Robin Wasserman
The Knockout Queen
The Knockout Queen by Rufi Thorpe
Disappear Doppelgänger Disappear
Disappear Doppelgänger Disappear by Matthew Salesses
Dear Ann
Dear Ann by Bobbie Ann Mason
Bestiary
Bestiary by K-Ming Chang
Yaa Gyasi
Yaa Gyasi
Deesha Philyaw
Deesha Philyaw
Steve Wiegenstein
Steve Wiegenstein
Danielle Evans
Danielle Evans
Brian Castleberry
Brian Castleberry
Robin Wasserman
Robin Wasserman
Rufi Thorpe
Rufi Thorpe
Matthew Salesses
Matthew Salesses
Bobbie Ann Mason
Bobbie Ann Mason
K-Ming Chang
K-Ming Chang
Airea D. Matthews
Airea D. Matthews
N.K. Jemisin
N.K. Jemisin
Tananarive Due
Tananarive Due
Sheree Renée Thomas
Sheree Renée Thomas
Maria Hinojosa
Maria Hinojosa
Jennifer Clement
Jennifer Clement
Luis Alberto Urrea
Luis Alberto Urrea
Hannah Allam
Hannah Allam
Susan Muaddi Darraj
Susan Muaddi Darraj
Osama Alomar
Osama Alomar
Laila Halaby
Laila Halaby
Elizabeth Hand
Elizabeth Hand
Mark Z. Danielewski
Mark Z. Danielewski
Brian Evenson
Brian Evenson
Dan Chaon
Dan Chaon
Scott McCloud
Scott McCloud
Ebony Flowers
Ebony Flowers
Gene Luen Yang
Gene Luen Yang
Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez
Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez
The Topeka School
The Topeka School by Ben Lerner
Sing to It
Sing to It by Amy Hempel
The Bird King
The Bird King by G. Willow Wilson
A People’s History of Heaven
A People’s History of Heaven by Mathangi Subramanian
Patsy
Patsy by Nicole Dennis-Benn
Douglas Stuart
Douglas Stuart
Min Jin Lee
Min Jin Lee
INTERSECTIONS
DATE | February 9, 2021 at 7:00 PM
LOCATION | Online Event
Intersections featured authors who have engaged with intersectional identities in their work. We were joined by novelists Tope Folarin, Min Jin Lee, and Douglas Stuart, as well as moderator and book critic Bethanne Patrick, for a complicated and challenging discussion of intersectionality in literature.
NOW AVAILABLE: The event recording and transcript.
LeVar Burton Is Our Inaugural PEN/Faulkner Literary Champion
We are excited to announce that LeVar Burton, award-winning actor and longtime host of Reading Rainbow, has been named the inaugural PEN/Faulkner Literary Champion. Launched in conjunction with the PEN/Faulkner Foundation’s 40th Anniversary, this annual...
Announcing the Longlist for the 2021 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
We are thrilled to announce the longlist of books for the 2021 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, America’s most prestigious peer-juried literary prize. The longlist includes the following ten titles: Bestiary by K-Ming Chang (One World)Dear...
Lacey N. Dunham
Director of Education Programs
Shahenda Helmy
Director of Literary Programs
Ramunda Lark Young
Ramunda Lark Young
Russell Hornsby
Russell Hornsby
Angie Thomas
Angie Thomas
Reginald Dwayne Betts
Reginald Dwayne Betts
DaMaris B. Hill, PhD
DaMaris B. Hill, PhD
Luis J. Rodriguez
Luis J. Rodriguez
Amber Sparks
Amber Sparks
Carmen Maria Machado
Carmen Maria Machado
Kelly Link
Kelly Link
Lesley Nneka Arimah
Lesley Nneka Arimah
Isaac Fitzgerald
Isaac Fitzgerald
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