A Conversation with Jewell Parker Rhodes and Kelly McWilliams

Posted in Interviews, Literary/Artistic Criticism, Media Archive, United States, Videos on 2021-12-08 02:10Z by Steven

A Conversation with Jewell Parker Rhodes and Kelly McWilliams

PEN America
2021-10-18

Award-winning novelist and educator Jewell Parker Rhodes and her daughter, young adult author Kelly McWilliams, came together in conversation to discuss book bans and young adult literature. As individuals, it is our duty to provide the next generation of writers, teachers, journalists, activists, and readers with an education that includes all facets of life, an education that is free from unreasonable censorious threats. This discussion addressed the vital role that children’s and young adult literature plays in the process of education, and how we can work to protect our youth from the threats to free expression.

This discussion was presented in partnership with the Miami Book Fair.

Tags: , , ,

Comments Off on A Conversation with Jewell Parker Rhodes and Kelly McWilliams

2017 PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award For Poetry

Posted in Articles, Latino Studies, Media Archive, United States on 2017-03-06 01:19Z by Steven

2017 PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award For Poetry

PEN America
2017-01-18

Winner

Natalie Scenters-Zapico, The Verging Cities (Center For Literary Publishing/Colorado State University)

The PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award for Poetry of $5,000 is given in odd-numbered years and recognizes the high literary character of the published work to date of a new and emerging American poet of any age and the promise of further literary achievement…

Read the entire article here.

Tags: , ,

Comments Off on 2017 PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award For Poetry