The line was a notable jab at Donald Trump's proposed border wall. Likewise ... Kohn said, the PEN America Literary Awards Ceremony convened to honor great writing. "We're all keenly aware ...

Winner: “Critical Mass” (Doubleday) by James Wolcott PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award ($10,000): For a book of literary nonfiction on the subject of the physical or biological ...

Poet Frank Bidart, cultural critic James Wolcott and playwright David Rabe are among the winners of PEN Literary Awards announced this morning in New York. The prizes from the PEN American Center ...

At the ceremony, hosted by the actor Kal Penn, the literary and free speech organization PEN America honored the best writing from the previous year and conferred more than $350,000 in awards.