In difficult times, we turn to the wisdom of writers. Join PEN America—in a special partnership with TheaterLab—in celebrating the release of the 2020 PEN America Prison Writing Awards Anthology. This community-centered, interactive virtual viewing of exceptional work from currently incarcerated writers is brought to life by a dynamic array of authors, actors, and activists—live from the living room stage—during an atmosphere of extreme isolation.

Performers curated by Lanie Zipoy of TheaterLab will read the works of 2020 Prison Writing Contest winners Jeffery Young, Demetrius A. Buckley, Juan Moreno Haines, David A. Pickett, Amy Bishop Anderson, Matthew Mendoza, Nick Browning, Elizabeth Hawes, Terry Hedin, P.M. Dunne, C. Fausto Cabrera, Mark Altenhofen, Jason Centrone, and Matthew Feeney.

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