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| LITERARY AWARDS PEN Announces the Inaugural PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing The award was established to honor the best nonfiction books about sports. Submissions are being accepted through June 15. >> More PEN AT BEA Stop by the PEN table at this year’s BookExpo America in New York, taking place May 25–May 27. If you are planning to attend, please let us know by contacting Nick Burd at nick@pen.org. FIND PEN ONLINE • Blogspot • iTunes • YouTube • Flickr | ADVOCACY NEWS Imprisoned Burmese Blogger Nay Phone Latt Honored Salman Rushdie, Margaret Atwood, and Patti Smith were among the more than 500 PEN supporters joining PEN American Center in honoring Nay Phone Latt, one of Burma’s leading bloggers, with the 2010 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award. >> More Uighur PEN Member Ilham Tohti Barred From Leaving China Economist, writer, and Uighur PEN Member Ilham Tohti was prevented by the Chinese government from attending an international conference in Turkey. Tohti had previously been detained on four occasions for his peaceful activities. >> More NEW AT PEN.ORG The Sixth Annual 2010 PEN World Voices Festival Another exciting week-long celebration of books and writing has wrapped. The Festival featured 150 writers, 40 countries, and more than 50 events. Highlights include:  War (video)With Deborah Amos, Philip Gourevitch, Arnon Grunberg, Sebastian Junger, Daniele Mastrogiacomo, and Sarah Montague; introduced by Steven Isenberg  Utopia and Dystopia: Geographies of the Possible (video) With Inga Kuznetsova, Jonathan Lethem, Eshkol Nevo, and Andrzej Stasiuk; moderated by Albert Mobilio  Weather Report: What Can We Do? (video)With Jostein Gaarder, James Hansen, Frederic Hauge, Bjørn Lomborg, Bill McKibben, Andrew Revkin, and Cynthia Rosenzweig; moderated by Robert Silvers Visit PEN’s Festival multimedia archive for video, audio, and photos from this year’s events, with more to come. PEN America 12: Correspondences The latest issue of PEN America presents e-mail exchanges, letters, telegrams, epistolary fiction, and much more. Sam Lipsyte sends a note to Barry Hannah, Anne Carson searches letters from a lost brother, and Robert Walser writes behind the walls of a sanitarium. >> More |
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