PEN America (journal)
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| discipline = Literary journal
| language = English
| editor = M. Mark
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| country = United States
| history = 2000–present
| frequency = Annual
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| ISSN = 1536-0261
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| OCLC = 47348611
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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.
History
PEN America was established in 2000 by M. Mark, a member of PEN's Board of Trustees at the time.[https://pen.org/press-clip/a-literary-night-out-spelling-bee-humiliation/ A Literary Night Out: Spelling Bee Humiliation…] M. Mark is Adjunct Associate Professor of English at Vassar College.[https://www.vassar.edu/faculty/mamark/] 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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.utne.com/Media/Nominees-2010-Utne-Independent-Press-Awards.aspx|title = Nominees for the 2010 Utne Independent Press Awards}} The essay "Ghost Writer" by Cynthia Ozick, which was published in [https://web.archive.org/web/20091202074027/http://www.pen.org/page.php/prmID/1755 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.[https://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2009/02/events-pen-amer.html Events: PEN America]/
Issues
- [http://pen.org/journal-teaser/1-classics PEN America 1: Classics]
- [http://pen.org/journal-teaser/2-home-away PEN America 2: Home & Away]
- [http://pen.org/journal-teaser/3-tribes PEN America 3: Tribes]
- [http://pen.org/journal-teaser/4-factfiction PEN America 4: Fact/Fiction]
- [http://pen.org/journal-teaser/5-silences PEN America 5: Silences]
- [http://pen.org/journal-teaser/6-metamorphoses PEN America 6: Metamorphoses]
- [http://pen.org/journal-teaser/7-world-voices PEN America 7: World Voices]
- [http://pen.org/journal-teaser/8-making-histories PEN America 8: Making Histories]
- [http://pen.org/journal-teaser/9-checkpoints PEN America 9: Checkpoints]
- [http://pen.org/journal-teaser/10-fear-itself PEN America 10: Fear Itself]
- [http://pen.org/journal-teaser/11-make-believe PEN America 11: Make Believe]
- [http://pen.org/journal-teaser/12-correspondences PEN America 12: Correspondences]
- [http://pen.org/journal-teaser/13-lovers PEN America 13: Lovers]
- [http://pen.org/journal-teaser/14-good-books PEN America 14: The Good Books]
- [http://pen.org/journal-teaser/15-maps PEN America 15: Maps]
- [http://pen.org/journal-teaser/16-teachers PEN America 16: Teachers]
See also
References
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External links
- [https://pen.org/publications/pen-america-a-journal-for-writers-and-readers/ PEN America: A Journal for Writers and Readers website]
- [http://penamerica.blogspot.com PEN America: A Blog for Writers and Readers]
Category:Annual magazines published in the United States
Category:Literary magazines published in the United States