PEN World Voices Festival Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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In his new book, MY SEVEN BLACK FATHERS: A YOUNG ACTIVIST'S MEMOIR OF RACE, FAMILY AND THE MENTORS WHO MADE HIM WHOLE, author @WillJawando reflects on the chosen fathers who made him who he is. Read about this and more new reads @WP: https://t.co/9h30VXGRwc

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This @nytimes article features Elaine Castillo and her book HOW TO READ NOW. She emphasizes the importance of recognizing reading as a political act, and how her book can be an exercise in doing so. Read the article, here: https://t.co/BgfZtO7eQU

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.@MichelleObama's new book is set to release in the fall! The title THE LIGHT WE CARRY will focus on her approaches to and suggestions about overcoming diffculty and fear. Read more about it, here: https://t.co/GTKXYsnyk3

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Alejandro Zambra kicks off this afternoon’s conversation on absurdity in end times with a reading from his novel, CHILEAN POET. #PENWorldVoices https://t.co/NDZGrC8N2R

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The @nytimes has put together a list of recommended readings consisting of 10 new books, which includes titles like 2022 Festival alum Elamin Abdelmahmoud's SON OF ELSEWHERE. Read more about their recommended reads, here: https://t.co/6D4XBe2cEX

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This week's PEN Ten features Gabriela Alemán, author of FAMILY ALBUM. Alemán speaks about what it means to create a "family album" of a nation. Read more about her journey and her work, here: https://t.co/0EuYZqRYPW

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In this week’s #PENTen, Community Outreach Gap Year Fellow, Saeri Plagmann, speaks with @monicayoun about her new poetry collection, #FromFrom. Read the full interview here: https://t.co/Bmo4hHB0fb https://t.co/i2kr1Zad3d

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Join Han Kang, in conversation with @katiekitamura, for the launch of one of 2023’s most highly anticipated novels, Greek Lessons, and a cant-miss discourse on language, pain, and the myriad ways we heal. May 12 @strandbookstore with @koreasociety. Tix: https://t.co/7HtFzZnaq1 https://t.co/QaidfQdWmq

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Congratulations to @leilamottley, PEN TEN alum and author of the smashing debut NIGHTCRAWLING, who has now been longlisted for the prestigious 2022 Booker Prize. At 20, she is youngest author to be nominated. Read the news, here: https://t.co/7QQO5ji1dn

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This week's PEN Ten interview features Jay Hopler, the National Book Award shortlisted author of STILL LIFE. Confronted with a terminal cancer diagnosis, Hopler used poetry as a means to connect with those around him. Read the full interview, here: https://t.co/trrUKjfLNz

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