I am moved by the integrity of the authors withdrawing from prize lists to protest PEN America's refusal to name the genocide in Gaza and failure to meet their stated aims of protecting free speech and Palestinian writers. Here are their books to buy bookshop.org/wishlists/7166…

What a great list. Thank you, Bookshop.org US!

'...several authors have withdrawn their books from various PEN literary prize considerations. Please consider buying their books to support them in their boycott of PEN America.' bookshop.org/wishlists/7166…

With my gratitude to the judges for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham prize - nevertheless, I am withdrawing:

Like many others, I believe that @penamerica has failed in its mission to support Palestinian writers facing genocide. I'm up for the $75K PEN / Jean Stein Award and the $5K PEN / Voelcker Award. If by chance my book should win, I pledge the prize money to Gaza relief.

Listen back to this excellent interview with Alexis Wright, one of our six shortlisted authors, on the Between The Covers podcast :
🎧 tinhouse.com/podcast/alexis…

(((David Naimon))) Tin House

I have a new essay up in The Markaz Review مجلة المركز - I wrote about how the Right is weaponizing antisemitism to dismantle equity initiatives on college/university campuses & silence anti-Zionist/Palestinian voices.
themarkaz.org/equating-criti…

My new class starts on Saturday—no homework, just writing something new each week. Join us!

In solidarity with the writers boycotting the PEN America World Voices Festival; PEN America United; Writers Against the War on Gaza; and all the other writers who have declined PEN awards this week––

We're marking Arab American Heritage Month with a special gift to those who support exiled Gazan poet Yahya Ashour | يحيى عاشور in evacuating his family from Gaza. When you buy his e-book, 'A Gaza of Siege & Genocide,' you get a free one-year subscription to Mizna.

bit.ly/ashour-ebook

His interview with (((David Naimon))) was excellent--listened to it on the treadmill one day. Looking forward to reading the book.

I love this conversation with Isaac and I'm not alone. it is the 13th most listened-to conversation on the show (out of about 300)

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Reading Isaac Yuen (@isaacyuen.bsky.social) Utter, Earth has been such a treat. Isaac Yuen is brilliant and witty and generous and caring in his writing. Read Utter, Earth and then listen to his Crafting with Ursula interview with (((David Naimon))).

tinhouse.com/podcast/crafti…

Congratulations to Charif Shanahan on winning the Whiting Award!—among so many other award recognitions for Trace Evidence
ICYMI here's our conversation. now's as great a time as any to find out why this collection deserves all the accolades✨✨✨
Audio: tinhouse.com/podcast/charif…

ORDINARY NOTES by Christina Sharpe. 'A brilliant new literary form, as multivalent as the ways of Black being it traces.' (Her account is protected; she has withdrawn from the PEN/Jean Stein longlist) us.macmillan.com/books/97803746…

Congratulations to Charif Shanahan on winning the Whiting Award!—among so many other award recognitions for Trace Evidence
ICYMI here's our conversation. now's as great a time as any to find out why this collection deserves all the accolades✨✨✨
Audio: tinhouse.com/podcast/charif…

I would be so honored if just one person nominated Sift for this prize. Anyone can submit a nomination. Deadline: April 30th. ursulakleguin.com/prize-nominati…

Today, we're happy to share Lauren Collee's (Lauren Collee) interview with Rami Younis and Sarah Friedland, directors of the documentary LYD. They discuss the political force of science-fiction, crafting 'ambiguous utopias,' Palestinian memory, and much more.

tinyurl.com/43wvdtee

Let's order books!

Specifically the ones withdrawn from PEN America's book awards this year!

Starting with Antonio di Benedetto X Esther Allen's THE SILENTIARY: 'A young man employed in middle management entertains an ambition to write a book' nyrb.com/products/the-s…