New PEN America Head Dinaw Mengetsu

Update: 2025-12-29

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Novelist, writer and Macarthur Fellow Dinaw Mengetsu has been tapped to lead PEN America. He discusses his mission for the organization in the midst of attacks on free speech and efforts to reinterpret history.

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New PEN America Head Dinaw Mengetsu