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PEN/Faulkner Foundation

PEN/Faulkner Foundation is an independent charitable arts foundation which supports the art of writing and encourages readers of all ages.[http://www.penfaulkner.org/about/ PEN/Faulkner Foundation], About page. It accomplishes this through a number of programs, including its flagship PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, one of the premier fiction awards in America; the PEN/Malamud Award for short fiction; and a number of educational and reading series programs. Wikipedia*

On the C-SPAN Networks:
PEN/Faulkner Foundation has hosted 4 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 1996 Forum. The year with the highest average number of views per video was 2017 with an average of 2,247 views per video. Most appearances with George Plimpton (2). Most common tag: About Books.

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    Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Eudora Welty Lecture

    Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie delivered the second annual Eudora Welty Lecture at the Lincoln Theatre in Washingto…

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    Deciding the Next Decider

    Calvin Trillin read from many of his previously published stories, but focused on his latest release, Deciding the Next Decid…

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    PEN/Faulkner Foundation Gala

    The PEN/Faulkner Foundation invited authors to read on a selected theme which was "confessions".

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    PEN/Faulkner Award Winners

    Several fiction authors read from their works at an award dinner sponsored by the PEN/Faulkner Foundation. The theme for the …

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