Vanity Fair: Inside the “Oscars for Books,” the PEN America Literary Awards
The PEN America Literary Awards occupy a unique space in American letters: Though host Kal Penn said they’ve been described as “the Oscars for books,” the books honored are staunchly anti-commercial ...
PEN America has canceled its 2024 Literary Awards ceremony, which was previously scheduled to be held at the Town Hall in New York City on April 29, although some awards will still be conferred. The ...
A coalition of publishers and literary agencies are teaming with PEN America on an initiative meant to counter a growing trend of harassment against members of the literary community. PEN America, the ...
It was “arguably the most successful rescue mission in American literary history,” writes Gerald Howard in “The Insider,” his lively biography of Cowley. It “would reverse Faulkner’s drift into ...
The New Yorker: The Man Who Helped Make the American Literary Canon
When you read Latin American literature in English, there’s a good chance you’re reading a translation by Suzanne Jill Levine, who has been plying her craft since the early 1970s. Her versions of ...
American literature continues to command attention around the world, even if it seems to many abroad that Americans are not so interested in foreign works. Perhaps because of its position as the ...
Associated Press News on MSN: PEN America launches a US safety program for authors facing harassment
Hartford Courant: The new $50M Literary Arts Fund will support independent publishers and nonprofits