On January 20, one year after our inaugural Writers Resist event, PEN America will be joining dozens of artists, arts organizations, and advocacy groups staging public events on Art Action Day. We’ll be hosting a sundown reading on the steps of the New York Public Library featuring literary texts that radically reimagine community and mutual aid in the face of xenophobia, hatred, and threats to our sense of truth. Our exciting and growing lineup so far includes André Aciman, Tina Chang, Álvaro Enrigue, George Emilio Sanchez, Anne Waldman, and others reading from the work of Gloria Anzaldúa, James Baldwin, Joy Harjo, and many more. Join us as we assemble to energize our community action and coalition building for the year ahead.
Poetry Near You
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| Date | Title | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Voices of Poetry: Tina Cane, Jennifer Franklin, Michael Klein, & Matthew Thorburn | New York, NY | |
| Poetry Reading: Nicholas Gulig, Cody-Rose Clevidence, & Roberto Harrison | Milwaukee, WI | |
| The Poetry Project's 51st Annual New Year's Day Marathon | New York, NY | |
| This is the Year: Book Launch with Gloria Muñoz | St. Petersburg, FL | |
| 29th Showcase Reading: J. Mae Barizo, Dorothea Lasky, Maggie Millner, & Estha Weiner | New York, NY | |
| 29th Showcase Reading: Rio Cortez, Marilyn Hacker, Robert Wood Lynn, and John Yau | New York, NY | |
| H. G. Dierdorff & Erika Howsare | Charlottesville, VA | |
| Woodland Pattern's 31st Annual Poetry Marathon | Milwaukee, WI | |
| 29th Showcase Reading: Carolina Ebeid, Sally Wen Mao, Shane McCrae, & Evie Shockley | New York, NY | |
| Tiana Clark: Scorched Earth w/ Terrance Hayes | Brooklyn, NY |