james m nordlund
2005-11-30 21:31:46 UTC
PEN News: November 2005
LISTEN TO STATE OF EMERGENCY ONLINE
On November 8, Cooper Union's Great Hall filled for the State of Emergency
readings against torture, arbitrary detention, and extraordinary
rendition. Now you can listen to the entire event on the PEN web site,
including readings by Edward Albee, Paul Auster, Sandra Cisneros, Don
DeLillo, Dave Eggers, Martín Espada, Philip Gourevitch, Jessica Hagedorn,
Heidi Julavits, Nicole Krauss, Rick Moody, Walter Mosley, Emma Reverter,
Salman Rushdie, Martha Southgate, and Colson Whitehead. [More]
CALL TO ACTION
Save Habeas Corpus Rights of Guantánamo Detainees
Please contact your senators immediately and urge them to support any
effort to remove the part of Senator Lindsey Graham's amendment banning
Guantánamo prisoners from filing writs of habeas corpus in court. [More]
THE 2006 LITERARY AWARDS
The following awards are offered by internal nomination only:
Voelcker Award for Poetry
Nabokov Award
The following awards are open to nominations from both PEN members, and
members of the larger literary community:
Robert Bingham Fellowship for Writers
Martha Albrand Awards for First Nonfiction and Art of the Memoir
Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship
Laura Pels Foundation Awards for Drama
Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize
Award for Poetry in Translation
Translation Fund Awards
Beyond Margins Awards
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PEN American Center
588 Broadway, Suite 303
New York, NY 10012
Tel. (212) 334-1660
Fax. (212) 334-2181
www.pen.org
PEN ACTIONS
PEN Goes to Court for Documents on Visa Denials
On November 10, PEN American Center joined the American Civil Liberties
Union and the American Association of University Professors in filing a
lawsuit to compel the Departments of State, Justice, and Homeland Security
and the CIA to release documents that will shed light on whether the
United States is barring prominent international figures from visiting the
United States because of their political views. [More]
PEN Remembers Ken Saro-Wiwa
November 10 was also the tenth anniversary of the execution of Ken
Saro-Wiwa, the Nigerian author and activist who was hanged by the regime
of Sani Abacha along with eight other Ogoni activists in 1995. [More]
WHAT'S NEW AT PEN
Grants & Awards 200506
We are proud to announce that the new and updated Grants & Awards is now
available. With over 1,000 listings, this online-only database is an
invaluable resource for writers of all levels and genres. [More]
One-year subscriptions are available now: $12.00 ($10.00 for PEN members)
Associate Membership
We're also excited to now offer a new Associate Membership category.
Becoming an Associate Member of PEN means you are joining a global
organization with 141 centers worldwide that seeks to further the reach of
literature, defend free _expression, and promote literary
internationalism. Associate Members receive a subscription to the PEN
Journal, as well as notices about PEN events, campaign actions, and
getting involved in PEN programs. [More]
One-year Associate Memberships are available now: $40.00 ($20.00 for
students)
Special Offer: Buy a subscription to Grants & Awards AND an Associate
Membership and receive a discount on both: $46.00 ($26.00 for students)
UPCOMING EVENTS
Monday, December 5
Telling the (Whole) Story: Celebrating Writers of Color
Paul Auster and Elizabeth Nunez will host this evening, saluting the
winners of the 2005 PEN/Beyond Margins Award. The event will include
readings from the winning works, followed by a panel discussion on the
creative life, its challenges and rewards, as experienced by these rising
talents. [More]
Thursday, November 17
The Battle Over Books
LIVE from the NYPL and WIRED Magazine present a provocative discussion
about the competing interests and issues raised by the Google Print
Library Project, and whether a universal digital repository of our
collective knowledge is in our future. [More]
PEN Member Events
Be sure to check out our web site for information on upcoming events
featuring or organized by members of PEN American Center. [More]
FOR PEN MEMBERS
Google Forum
The Fall Forum focused on the Google Print Library Project and the
subsequent lawsuits now pending in court. We asked PEN Members to let us
know what they think about the debate. The responses are now posted on our
web site. [More]
(PEN Members: On December 1, we will open the Forum to the general public.
If you haven't already, please let us know what you think before then.)
Special Grants & Awards Offer
The newly released and updated Grants & Awards is available at a
discounted rate of $10.00 to members of PEN American Center. [More]
Free Screening of Shopgirl
Friday, December 9: 6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.
500 Park Ave at 59th street. Main Floor
Free for PEN Members / 50 seats per showing [More
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LISTEN TO STATE OF EMERGENCY ONLINE
On November 8, Cooper Union's Great Hall filled for the State of Emergency
readings against torture, arbitrary detention, and extraordinary
rendition. Now you can listen to the entire event on the PEN web site,
including readings by Edward Albee, Paul Auster, Sandra Cisneros, Don
DeLillo, Dave Eggers, Martín Espada, Philip Gourevitch, Jessica Hagedorn,
Heidi Julavits, Nicole Krauss, Rick Moody, Walter Mosley, Emma Reverter,
Salman Rushdie, Martha Southgate, and Colson Whitehead. [More]
CALL TO ACTION
Save Habeas Corpus Rights of Guantánamo Detainees
Please contact your senators immediately and urge them to support any
effort to remove the part of Senator Lindsey Graham's amendment banning
Guantánamo prisoners from filing writs of habeas corpus in court. [More]
THE 2006 LITERARY AWARDS
The following awards are offered by internal nomination only:
Voelcker Award for Poetry
Nabokov Award
The following awards are open to nominations from both PEN members, and
members of the larger literary community:
Robert Bingham Fellowship for Writers
Martha Albrand Awards for First Nonfiction and Art of the Memoir
Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship
Laura Pels Foundation Awards for Drama
Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize
Award for Poetry in Translation
Translation Fund Awards
Beyond Margins Awards
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PEN American Center
588 Broadway, Suite 303
New York, NY 10012
Tel. (212) 334-1660
Fax. (212) 334-2181
www.pen.org
PEN ACTIONS
PEN Goes to Court for Documents on Visa Denials
On November 10, PEN American Center joined the American Civil Liberties
Union and the American Association of University Professors in filing a
lawsuit to compel the Departments of State, Justice, and Homeland Security
and the CIA to release documents that will shed light on whether the
United States is barring prominent international figures from visiting the
United States because of their political views. [More]
PEN Remembers Ken Saro-Wiwa
November 10 was also the tenth anniversary of the execution of Ken
Saro-Wiwa, the Nigerian author and activist who was hanged by the regime
of Sani Abacha along with eight other Ogoni activists in 1995. [More]
WHAT'S NEW AT PEN
Grants & Awards 200506
We are proud to announce that the new and updated Grants & Awards is now
available. With over 1,000 listings, this online-only database is an
invaluable resource for writers of all levels and genres. [More]
One-year subscriptions are available now: $12.00 ($10.00 for PEN members)
Associate Membership
We're also excited to now offer a new Associate Membership category.
Becoming an Associate Member of PEN means you are joining a global
organization with 141 centers worldwide that seeks to further the reach of
literature, defend free _expression, and promote literary
internationalism. Associate Members receive a subscription to the PEN
Journal, as well as notices about PEN events, campaign actions, and
getting involved in PEN programs. [More]
One-year Associate Memberships are available now: $40.00 ($20.00 for
students)
Special Offer: Buy a subscription to Grants & Awards AND an Associate
Membership and receive a discount on both: $46.00 ($26.00 for students)
UPCOMING EVENTS
Monday, December 5
Telling the (Whole) Story: Celebrating Writers of Color
Paul Auster and Elizabeth Nunez will host this evening, saluting the
winners of the 2005 PEN/Beyond Margins Award. The event will include
readings from the winning works, followed by a panel discussion on the
creative life, its challenges and rewards, as experienced by these rising
talents. [More]
Thursday, November 17
The Battle Over Books
LIVE from the NYPL and WIRED Magazine present a provocative discussion
about the competing interests and issues raised by the Google Print
Library Project, and whether a universal digital repository of our
collective knowledge is in our future. [More]
PEN Member Events
Be sure to check out our web site for information on upcoming events
featuring or organized by members of PEN American Center. [More]
FOR PEN MEMBERS
Google Forum
The Fall Forum focused on the Google Print Library Project and the
subsequent lawsuits now pending in court. We asked PEN Members to let us
know what they think about the debate. The responses are now posted on our
web site. [More]
(PEN Members: On December 1, we will open the Forum to the general public.
If you haven't already, please let us know what you think before then.)
Special Grants & Awards Offer
The newly released and updated Grants & Awards is available at a
discounted rate of $10.00 to members of PEN American Center. [More]
Free Screening of Shopgirl
Friday, December 9: 6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.
500 Park Ave at 59th street. Main Floor
Free for PEN Members / 50 seats per showing [More
__________________________________
Yahoo! Music Unlimited
Access over 1 million songs. Try it free.
http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited/