Test Your Literary Wits; Visit PEN at Brooklyn Book Festival

Test Your Literary Wits; Visit PEN at Brooklyn Book Festival

SAVE THE DATE October 12: PEN Literary Awards Ceremony November 1: PEN New Members/New Books Party NOTE: To unsubscribe from our mailing list, please use the orange links at the bottom of this newsletter. For any other issues, please contact us here. PEN Literary Pub Quiz at Brooklyn Book Festival   When: Tonight Where: St. Ann’s Warehouse, 38 Water Street in Dumbo, Brooklyn What time: 7–9 p.m. Team captains include Gabe Boylan of Harper’s, George Prochnik of Cabinet Magazine, James Yeh of Gigantic Magazine, Scott Lindenbaum and Andy Hunter of Electric Literature, translator Susan Bernofsky, Ben Greenman, Matthea Harvey, Amy Sohn, and more; hosted by Katie Halper. Free and open to the public. PEN American Center is pleased to announce the return of our popular Literary Pub Quiz! This Brooklyn Book Festival Bookend event gives you the chance to compete with (and against!) editors and writers from your favorite literary magazines, including Cabinet, Gigantic, Harper’s, and Electric Literature, as well as writers Matthea Harvey, Ben Greenman, and many more. Come early to reserve your spot on the team with the writer-captain who also knows where Hemingway was born. We’ll supply the paper and the pencils; you bring the literary smarts! Of course, don’t forget to stop by the PEN booth (#93) on Sunday to say hello. PEN American Center | 588 Broadway, Suite 303 | NY, NY 10012 | (212) 334-1660