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Episode: Incarcerated writers are now able to connect with literary world through new PEN America site
Description: Writers in U.S. prisons now have a new path to getting their work seen through a website managed by PEN America that includes information on publishers, agents, journalists, and other potential contacts.
In November, PEN's Prison and Justice Writing Program announced the launch of the Incarcerated Writers Bureau, an initiative developed with support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and designed to βmake the literary community more inclusive of writers behind bars.β
βFor too long, powerful storytellers in prison have been left out of publishing and writing opportunities due to the challenges of connecting with the wider world,β Clarisse Rosaz Sh...