PEN Out Loud Fall 2020


Presented in partnership with Strand Book Store and Scripps Presents
$20 Admission | $35 Admission + Signed Book* 

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A reimagined virtual conversation series highlighting multilayered, thought-provoking conversations on race, class, immigration, family, and the past and future of America.
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America Is My Home: Ayad Akhtar with Ben Rhodes

TUESDAY 9/15 | 8pm ET / 5pm PT 
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Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and author Ayad Akhtar launches his latest novel, Homeland Elegies, a portrait of Muslim American life in a fractured country, and is joined by Ben Rhodes, author and former deputy national security advisor under President Barack Obama. 

Just Listen:
Claudia Rankine with Lauren Michele Jackson

WEDNESDAY 9/30 | 8pm ET / 5pm PT 
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Critically acclaimed poet, essayist, and playwright Claudia Rankine will be joined in conversation with professor, author, and culture critic Lauren Michele Jackson to discuss her new book, Just Us: An American Conversation, which challenges us to have dynamic conversations about race and whiteness in America. 

Guilt and Grace:
Marilynne Robinson with Alexander Chee

TUESDAY 10/6 | 8pm ET / 5pm PT 
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Award-winning author Marilynne Robinson will discuss Jack, the fourth book in her now classic Gilead series, which have won one Pulitzer Prize and two NBCC Awards. Robinson will be joined in conversation with bestselling author Alexander Chee to interrogate the complexities of American history.

The New Republic is an official media partner of PEN Out Loud’s Fall 2020 season, and this program is made possible in part by a grant from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs. The Asian American Writers’ Workshop, the Austin Public Library Foundation, and Magic City Poetry Festival are regional partners for PEN Out Loud's Fall 2020 season. 
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