PEN_America_(journal)

<i>PEN America</i> (journal)

PEN America (journal)

Academic journal

PEN America: A Journal for Writers and Readers is an annual literary journal that features fiction, poetry, conversation, criticism, and memoir. It is published by PEN America in New York City. Contributors include Yousef Al-Mohaimeed, Paul Auster, Michael Cunningham, Lydia Davis, Petina Gappah, Nikki Giovanni, Rawi Hage, Shahriar Mandanipour, Colum McCann, Michael Ondaatje, Marilynne Robinson, Salman Rushdie, Susan Sontag, John Edgar Wideman, and many others.

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History

PEN America wasestablished in 2000 by M. Mark, who was a member of PEN's Board of Trustees at the time.[1] In its inaugural year, PEN America was recognized as one of the "Ten Best New Magazines" by Library Journal. The magazine received a nomination for an Utne Independent Press Award in 2010 for its international coverage.[2] The essay "Ghost Writer" by Cynthia Ozick, which was published in PEN America 9: Checkpoints, was included in The Best American Essays 2009 as part of The Best American Series. Additionally, works of fiction from the magazine were selected for the Pushcart Prize in 2009 and 2010.

In February 2009, Edward Albee, André Aciman, Anthony Appiah, Ron Chernow, Lydia Davis, Deborah Eisenberg, Francine Prose, and Sarah Ruhl participated in the journal's first benefit reading.[3]

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References

  1. [1]
    A Literary Night Out: Spelling Bee Humiliation… M. Mark is Adjunct Associate Professor of English at Vassar College.
  2. [2]
    "Nominees for the 2010 Utne Independent Press Awards".
  3. [3]
    Events: PEN America/
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