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PEN World Voices Festival Wrap Party
International literati were out and about at the Hungarian Cultural Center last night for the official PEN World Voices Festival after party, the crowning social event of a week of stellar literary performances. Zadie Smith practically glowed in a strapless dress, her hair swept back under a hair wrap that lent her a regal air.... »
PEN Author Spotlight: Morten Ramsland’s “Doghead” Mixes Highbrow, Lowbrow Humor In Multigenerational Family Saga
“Somewhere in Eastern Germany, my grandfather Askild is running across an open plain. The Germans are after him, and he has lost one of his shoes; it’s freezing. The half moon casts a pale glow over the landscape, transforming it into a ploughed field with frozen soldiers partly buried in mud….My father has not... »