63-598: The PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award , commonly referred to as the PEN/Laura Pels Theater Award , is awarded by the PEN America (formerly PEN American Center). It annually recognizes two American playwrights. A medal is given to a designated "grand master" American dramatist, in recognition of their work, and a stipend of $ 7,500 (in 2005) is presented to a "new voice", an American playwright whose literary and artistic merit
126-404: A venture capitalist startup to help workers unionize, and that PEN America recognized the union the day after it was announced. "MEMBERS OF PEN pledge themselves to do their utmost to dispel race, class, and national hatreds and to champion the ideal of one humanity living in peace in the world. And since freedom implies voluntary restraint, members also pledge themselves to oppose such evils of
189-775: A British poet, playwright, and peace activist , who enlisted John Galsworthy as PEN International's first president. The intent of PEN International was to foster international literary fellowship among writers that would transcend national and ethnic divides in the wake of World War I . PEN America subscribes to the principles outlined in the PEN International Charter. PEN America presidents have included current president Jennifer Finney Boylan , Ayad Akhtar , Kwame Anthony Appiah , Louis Begley , Ron Chernow , Joel Conarroe, Jennifer Egan , Frances FitzGerald , Peter Godwin , Francine Prose , Salman Rushdie , Michael Scammell , and Andrew Solomon . In 2018,
252-497: A free press as mendacious publication, deliberate falsehood, and distortion of facts for political and personal ends." – from PEN's Founding Charter, New York City, 1922. Full membership in PEN America generally requires being a published writer with at least one work professionally published, or being a translator, agent, editor, or other publishing professional. There is also a "reader" tier of membership open to supporters from
315-738: A lottery in 1814. The failure of the lottery resulted in a debt that forced the Society to mortgage some of its books, which were not redeemed until 1823. The Historical Society and its collections moved frequently during the 19th century. In 1809, the Historical Society and its collections moved to the Government House on Bowling Green . Constructed as a residence for the President of the United States when New York
378-555: A manuscript collection, several oil portraits and 38 engraved portraits. The Historical Society suffered under heavy debt during its early decades. In 1809, it organized a celebration of the 200th anniversary of the arrival of Henry Hudson in New York Harbor . Inspired by the event, the Historical Society petitioned and later obtained an endowment from the New York State Legislature , to be financed by
441-501: A more diverse range of people involved in literature and freedom of expression, the name ceased to be an acronym in the United States. PEN America celebrated its centenary in 2022 with an event featuring authors Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie , Margaret Atwood , Jennifer Finney Boylan , and Dave Eggers ; an exhibition at the New York Historical Society ; and a large light-projection by the artist Jenny Holzer at
504-769: A state-of-the-art library reading room, and a new facility to house and provide access to the letters and manuscripts of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History . In 2005, the Historical Society was among 406 New York City arts and social service institutions to receive part of a $ 20 million grant from the Carnegie Corporation , which was made possible through a donation by New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg . The museum has mounted exhibits on national themes through history in New York. For instance, beginning in 2005 with Slavery and
567-553: A three-year, $ 65 million renovation of the landmark building on Central Park West was completed in 2011 to enhance public access to the institution's resources. On Central Park West, windows were lengthened to form new entrances, with views into the main gallery, and windows were expanded. To establish "a street presence," the society has installed life-size bronze sculptures outside the building— Abraham Lincoln on Central Park West, Frederick Douglass on West 77th Street—national figures with connections to New York. After reopening,
630-620: A union-busting law firm, late last year." New York Historical Society The New York Historical (originally the New-York Historical Society ) is an American history museum and library on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City . The society was founded in 1804 as New York's first museum. It presents exhibitions, public programs, and research that explore the history of New York and
693-543: A world-class collection of Hudson River School paintings, including major works by Thomas Cole and Frederic Edwin Church ; iconic genre and history paintings, including works by William Sidney Mount and Eastman Johnson ; a vast range of American portraits, including paintings by Rembrandt Peale and Gilbert Stuart ; all 435 of John James Audubon 's extant preparatory watercolors for The Birds of America ; and an encyclopedic collection of more than 800 works documenting
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#1732781176326756-772: Is Suzanne Nossel . PEN America holds multiple events in the United States throughout the year with the goal of celebrating literature in multiple forms. Many feature prominent authors who appear at festivals and on panel discussions, give lectures, and are featured at PEN America's Authors' Evenings. As a part of its work, PEN America also gives recognition to emerging writers, recognizing them through PEN America's Literary Awards or bringing them to new audiences at public events. Among them are: Hermione Hoby , Morgan Jerkins , Crystal Hana Kim , Alice Sola Kim , Lisa Ko , Layli Long Soldier , Carmen Maria Machado , Darnell L. Moore , Alexis Okeowo , Helen Oyeyemi , Tommy Pico , Jenny Zhang , and Ibi Zoboi . The PEN World Voices Festival
819-405: Is one of many PEN awards sponsored by International PEN affiliates in over 145 PEN centers around the world. The PEN American Center awards have been characterized as being among the "major" American literary prizes. PEN America PEN America (formerly PEN American Center ), founded in 1922, and headquartered in New York City , is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose goal
882-1409: Is a week-long series of events in New York City hosted by PEN America each spring. It is the largest international literary festival in the United States, and the only one with a human rights focus. The festival was founded by Salman Rushdie in the aftermath of September 11 Attacks , with the aim of broadening channels of dialogue between the United States and the world. Notable guests have included: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie , Margaret Atwood , Paul Auster , Samantha Bee , Giannina Braschi , Carrie Brownstein , Ron Chernow , Hillary Rodham Clinton , Ta-Nehisi Coates , Teju Cole , E. L. Doctorow , Dave Eggers , Roxane Gay , Masha Gessen , John Irving , Marlon James , Saeed Jones , Jhumpa Lahiri , Ottessa Moshfegh , Hasan Minaj , Sean Penn , Cecile Richards , Salman Rushdie , Gabourey Sidibe , Patti Smith , Zadie Smith , Andrew Solomon , Pia Tafdrup , Ngugi wa Thiong'o , Colm Toibin , Amor Towles, and Colson Whitehead . The PEN America Literary Awards annually honor outstanding voices in literature across genres, including fiction, poetry, drama, science and writing, essays, biography, and children's literature. PEN America confers 11 awards, fellowships, grants, and prizes each year, presenting nearly US$ 350,000 to writers and translators. The US$ 75,000 PEN/Jean Stein Book Award
945-589: Is an international hub of more than 800 organizations working to protect artistic freedom around the world by improving access to resources for artists at risk, raising awareness of the threats, and enhancing connections among supporters of artistic freedom. This program extends support to artists of all kinds, encompassing writers, cartoonists, visual artists, filmmakers, musicians, and performance artists, as well as other individuals who produce significant creative output. Several authors have requested that their names be removed from PEN referring to dissatisfaction with
1008-608: Is becoming an appalling pattern of blatant disrespect towards its unionized staff,' said the union in a statement." And "The union has also filed two unfair labor practices (ULP) against PEN America with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The ULPs concern workers’ just-cause and labor-management committee proposals: workers say the company engaged in 'regressive bargaining' with both proposals, meaning they offered less than they had previously, after bringing on Tanya Khan from Kauff McGuire & Margolis,
1071-575: Is currently the top award given by PEN America, and among the largest literary prizes in the United States. Among other awards conferred are the US$ 25,000 PEN/Hemingway Award for a Debut Novel, the US$ 25,000 PEN/Bingham Award for a Debut Short Story Collection, and the US$ 10,000 PEN/Open Book Award for new books by writers of color. The PEN America Literary Gala in New York and PEN America Los Angeles Gala are annual events celebrating free expression and
1134-512: Is evident in their plays. "Two playwrights are selected for the following honors: a specially commissioned art object will be presented to a master American dramatist, in recognition of his or her body of work; and a cash prize of $ 7,500 will be awarded to an American playwright in mid-career, whose literary achievements are vividly apparent in the rich and striking language of his or her work. In both cases, PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater honorees are writers working indisputably at
1197-588: Is to raise awareness for the protection of free expression in the United States and worldwide through the advancement of literature and human rights . PEN America is the largest of the more than 100 PEN centers worldwide that together compose PEN International . PEN America has offices in New York City, Los Angeles , Washington, D.C. , and since late 2023 also in Florida. PEN America's advocacy includes work on educational censorship, press freedom and
1260-582: Is under particular challenge, including China , Myanmar , Russia , Belarus , Ukraine , and Central Asia . PEN America monitors the freedom of the press and safety of journalists in the United States and internationally. PEN America also focuses on issues of fraudulent news and media literacy, and has produced an in-depth report, "Faking News: Fraudulent News and the Fight for Truth", alongside its "News Consumers Bill of Rights and Responsibilities." Current work focuses on how to fight disinformation ahead of
1323-512: The 1974 volume of the same name edited by John A. Garraty . Construction for its eighth home began September 10, 1902. The central portion of the current building on Central Park West was completed on December 15, 1908, to designs by architects York and Sawyer , who were known for their bank designs. In 1938 that central block was extended and sympathetically completed by the construction of pavilions on either end, with Walker & Gillette as architects. That extension project stands among
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#17327811763261386-517: The Edict of Nantes , known as the French Huguenot memorial window, in honor of religious refugees to New York. It is inscribed and signed by the artist, Mary Elizabeth Tillinghast . The window was underwritten by Margaret Olivia Slocum Sage , a philanthropist who was instrumental in commissioning other windows by Tillinghast. The Historical Society's collection continued to grow throughout
1449-536: The Online Harassment Field Manual in an effort to aid writers and journalists who must navigate online spaces by providing resources, tools, and tips to help them respond safely and effectively to incidents of online harassment and hateful speech . PEN America also leads workshops to equip writers, journalists, and all those active online with tools and tactics to defend against hateful speech and trolling . The Artists at Risk Connection
1512-643: The Rockefeller Center . PEN America was formed on April 19, 1922, in New York City , and included among its initial members writers such as Willa Cather , Eugene O'Neill , Robert Frost , Ellen Glasgow , Edwin Arlington Robinson , and Robert Benchley . Booth Tarkington served as the organization's first president. PEN America's founding came after the launch of PEN International in 1921 in London by Catherine Amy Dawson-Scott ,
1575-630: The history of the Constitution . The Society also offers an extensive range of curriculum-based school programs and teacher resources, and provides academic fellowships and organizes public programs for adults to foster lifelong learning and a deep appreciation of history. The New York Historical's museum is the oldest in New York City and predates the founding of the Metropolitan Museum of Art by nearly 70 years. Its art holdings comprise more than 1.6 million works. Among them are
1638-596: The 2024 presidential election, with particular focus on Florida, Texas, and Arizona. PEN America has a focus on issues surrounding free speech at colleges and universities and seeks to raise awareness of the First Amendment and foster constructive dialogue that upholds the free speech rights of all on campus. This work includes the "PEN America Principles on Campus Free Speech", and the report "And Campus for All: Diversity, Inclusion, and Freedom of Speech at U.S. Universities". In April 2018, PEN America launched
1701-575: The 20th century, but renewed financial woes in the 1970s and 1980s forced the Historical Society to limit access to its collections to professional researchers. In the 1980s, under the leadership of Herbert S. Winokur, Jr. , a private equity financier and Enron board member, the Society was forced to use endowment invasion to pay their annual operating costs and cover their salaries, to the point where by 1988, they had only enough money in their endowment to pay for another 18 months of operating expenses. Barbara Knowles Debs from Manhattanville College
1764-606: The 61 nominated authors withdrew their books from consideration in the annual PEN America Awards ceremony as they condemned America's Pen for failing to strongly condemn what they called the genocide in Palestine. The cancellation comes days after the organization canceled the 2024 annual awards festival. The festival was supposed to be held on May 8 in New York City and Los Angeles. Alex N. Press reports in Jacobin , May 01, 2024, "'PEN America management’s recent actions reflect what
1827-575: The Escambia County School District, claiming that book bans violate Constitutional rights to free speech and equal protection under the law. The organization also hosts regular Free Speech Advocacy Institutes to train young people to advocate for free speech. PEN America's work is sustained advocacy on behalf of individual writers and journalists who are being persecuted because of their work. With help from its members and supporters, PEN America carries out campaigns to ensure
1890-510: The Historical Society offered a multimedia installation of major themes of American history through stories and figures from New York's past. It also has a new section for an interactive children's history museum. In 2023, the New York Historical Society began constructing the 80,000-square-foot (7,400 m ) Tang Wing, designed by Robert A. M. Stern . The wing will contain collections on LGBTQ+ history. As of 2024 ,
1953-764: The Long Island Historical Society (later Brooklyn Historical Society ) was founded in Brooklyn in 1863. The New York Historical holds an extensive collection of historical artifacts, works of American art, and other materials documenting the history of New York and the United States. It presents well-researched exhibitions on a variety of topics and periods in American history , such as George Washington , Alexander Hamilton , Slavery in New York , The Hudson River School , Abraham Lincoln , Ulysses S. Grant , Tiffany designer Clara Driscoll , and
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2016-573: The Making of New York, 1600s–1827 , it mounted the first exhibition ever in New York City on the major but little-known role of slavery in the city's economy and history. During the colonial years, 41% of households had slaves, and much of the city's economy through the Civil War was related to the South and slavery; half of its exports were related to cotton. Devoting the entire first floor to the exhibit,
2079-622: The New York Historical has invested significantly in facility and installation upgrades, and conducted fundraising. It has increased its operating budget by 160 percent to enhance and expand its public programs, while maintaining a balanced budget from 1998 to the present. Recent renovations to the Historical Society include new galleries and exhibition spaces, the Henry Luce III Center for the Study of American Culture,
2142-598: The PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature and the annual PEN America Literary Awards, sometimes referred to as the "Oscars of Books." PEN America also works to amplify underrepresented voices, including emerging authors and writers who are undocumented , incarcerated, or face obstacles in reaching audiences. The organization's name was conceived as an acronym: Poets, Essayists, Novelists (later broadened to Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists, Novelists). As membership expanded to include
2205-556: The Translation Committee and the Children and Young Adult Book Authors Committee. The Emerging Voices Fellowship is a literary mentorship that aims to provide new writers who are isolated from the literary establishment with the tools, skills, and knowledge they need to launch a professional writing career. The DREAMing Out Loud program helps aspiring migrant writers. PEN America also has offered workshops that nurture
2268-714: The United States and around the world. This work includes research and reports on topical issues, advocacy internationally and in the United States, and campaigns on policy issues and on behalf of individual writers and journalists under threat. After 2020, PEN America increasingly focused on tracking book bans, including with its annual Banned in the USA report and educational censorship in public schools and higher education, including "educational gag order" bills. In 2023, PEN America, along with publisher Penguin Random House and several banned authors, and parents, filed suit against
2331-429: The United States prior to 1860; American fiction, poetry, and belles-lettres prior to 1850; a broad range of materials relating to the history of the circus; and American travel accounts from the colonial era to the present day. The Society operates a website showing many images from its collection. In 2015, it announced the digitization and posting of over a thousand negatives by photographer Robert L. Bracklow from
2394-462: The appointment of former State Department official Suzanne Nossel ." And "[PEN's] refusal to condemn the genocide in Gaza and Israel’s targeted killings of writers, academics and journalists, has seen numerous writers withdraw from the annual PEN World Voices Festival in New York and Los Angeles, scheduled for April and May." PEN America has canceled its World Voices festival after twenty-eight of
2457-425: The country and offers a Writing for Justice Fellowship for writers inside and outside of prison seeking to advance the conversation around the challenges of mass incarceration through creative expression. The PEN Writers' Emergency Fund assists professional writers in acute, emergency financial crisis. PEN America Membership committees focus on the interests of literary professionals in different fields and include
2520-411: The country with writing resources and audiences for their work. The program sponsors an annual writing contest, publishes a free writing handbook for prisoners, provides one-on-one mentoring to inmates whose writing shows promise, and seeks to bring inmates' work to the public through literary events, readings, and publications. PEN America also provides assistance to other prison writing initiatives around
2583-477: The desk at which Clement Clarke Moore wrote " A Visit from Saint Nicholas ", one of the world's largest collections of Tiffany lamps and glasswork, and a collection of more than 550 late 19th-century American board games. Its research library contains more than three million books, pamphlets, maps, atlases, newspapers, broadsides, music sheets, manuscripts, prints, photographs, and architectural drawings. Among its collections are far-ranging materials relating to
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2646-442: The founding and early history of the nation including the first documentary evidence of the phrase "United States of America" ; one of the best collections of 18th-century newspapers in the United States; an outstanding collection of materials documenting slavery and Reconstruction; an exceptional collection of Civil War material, including Ulysses S. Grant 's terms of surrender for Robert E. Lee ; collections relating to trials in
2709-413: The freedom, safety, and ability to write and publish without constraint. Advocacy is conducted from PEN America's Washington, D.C. , office, as well as through national and international campaigns, events, reports, and delegations. The organization publishes an index of threats to writers and gives out an annual Freedom to Write award. PEN America also focuses on countries and regions where free expression
2772-685: The full catalog of representational sculpture in America from the colonial period to the present day. The Historical Society holds an important collection of paintings and drawings by marine artist James Bard . The museum holds much of sculptor Elie Nadelman 's legendary American folk art collection, including furniture and household accessories such as lamps, candlesticks, textiles, glass, and ceramic objects, as well as paintings, toys, weather vanes, sculptural woodcarvings, and chalkware. The Historical Society's holdings in artifacts and decorative arts include George Washington 's camp bed from Valley Forge,
2835-480: The general public, as well as a "student" membership. The PEN America Board of Trustees is composed of writers, artists, and leaders in the fields of publishing, media, technology, law, finance, human rights , and philanthropy . Jennifer Finney Boylan , author and LGBTQ rights advocate, became president of PEN America on December 11, 2023, succeeding Ayad Akhtar , a recipient of the Pulitzer Prize who
2898-458: The highest level of achievement. The awards were developed to reflect Laura Pels’s dedication to supporting excellence in American theatre as well as PEN’s commitment to recognizing and rewarding the playwright's literary accomplishment." The Master American Dramatist Award is not open to nominations but is chosen by the judges panel. The Mid-Career Award is open to peer nominations (i.e., not by
2961-596: The last examples of Beaux-Arts architecture completed in the city and in the entire country. The building was designated a landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1966. Two notable stained glass windows are found in the library on the 2nd floor. The Arrival of Henry Hudson was designed by Mr. Calvert of the Gorham Manufacturing Company . The second is Revocation of
3024-513: The late 19th and early 20th centuries. The Historical Society was founded on November 20, 1804, largely through the efforts of John Pintard . He was for some years secretary of the American Academy of Fine Arts, as well as the founder of New York's first savings bank. He was also among the first to agitate for a free school system. The first meeting comprised 11 of the city's most prominent citizens, including Mayor DeWitt Clinton . At
3087-537: The literary arts. These events include tributes and calls to action to audiences of authors, screenwriters, producers, executives, philanthropists, actors, and other devotees of the written word. Honorees have included Salman Rushdie , Stephen King , J. K. Rowling , Toni Morrison , and Margaret Atwood . Celebrated writers serve as Literary Hosts for the events. Founded in 1971, the PEN Prison Writing Program provides hundreds of inmates across
3150-408: The meeting, a committee was selected to draw up a constitution, and by December 10, the Historical Society was officially organized. According to the Historical Society's first catalogue, printed in 1813, the museum then held 4,265 books, as well as 234 volumes of United States documents, 119 almanacs, 130 titles of newspapers, 134 maps, and 30 miscellaneous views. It had already collected the start of
3213-423: The museum mounted the largest theme exhibit in its 200-year history. It also addressed the strengths of African Americans who resisted slavery and created their own culture, both in New York and the nation. A related part of the exhibit was commissioning 20 new works by invited artists, some of whom used objects from the museum's collections to create new works and installations on this theme. The second exhibition
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#17327811763263276-578: The nation. The New York Historical Museum & Library has been at its present location since 1908. The granite building was designed by York & Sawyer in a classic Roman Eclectic style . The building, along Central Park West between 76th and 77th Streets, is a New York City designated landmark . A renovation, completed in November 2011, made the building more accessible to the public, provided space for an interactive children's museum, and facilitated access to its collections. Louise Mirrer has been
3339-545: The next 50 years. The Historical Society later acquired a collection of Egyptian and Assyrian art, which was eventually transferred to the Brooklyn Museum of Art . In 1936 it acquired the collections of the Naval History Society (1912–1936). Between 1934 and 1970, the Historical Society published a 10-volume Encyclopedia of American Biography , edited by Winfield Scott Downs. It is distinct from
3402-557: The organization filed suit against President Trump for allegedly using the powers of his office to retaliate against unfavorable reporting. In 2023, it filed suit against the school district in Escambia County, Florida , over book bans, joined by publisher Penguin Random House , several banned authors, and parents in the district. As of June 2022, PEN America staff announced their intention to unionize . The Los Angeles Times reported that workers unionized with Unit of Work,
3465-542: The organization's position regarding the Gaza war ; among them were Camonghne Felix nominated by Jean Stein , Eugenia Leigh a poetry finalist and Ghassan Zeineddine nominated for a short story. In a letter signed by Naomi Klein , Lorrie Moore , and dozens of others protested that PEN had not “launched any substantial coordinated support” for Palestinians. Chris Hedges reports in his The Chris Hedges Report website in March 2024, "In May 2013 I resigned from PEN America over
3528-458: The playwrights themselves), but the playwrights must meet certain criteria: they must be American and write in English; they can be from regional theaters as long as they have had two full-length productions mounted under either open- or limited-run contracts and in theaters with at least 299 seats. Specifically excluded are playwrights who write one-acts, musical-books, or translations. The award
3591-476: The president of the New York Historical since 2004. Beginning in 2005, the museum presented a two-year exhibit on Slavery in New York, its largest theme exhibition in 200 years on a topic which it had never addressed before. It included an art exhibit by artists invited to use museum collections in their works. The Society generally focuses on the developing city center in Manhattan . Another historical society,
3654-516: The safety of writers, campus free speech , online harassment , artistic freedom , and support to regions of the world with challenges to freedom of expression. PEN America also campaigns for individual writers and journalists who have been imprisoned or come under threat for their work and annually presents the PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award. PEN America hosts public programming and events on literature and human rights, including
3717-691: The writing skills of domestic workers , taxi drivers , street vendors , and others wage earners. PEN America has several periodic publications. They include the Prison Writing Awards Anthology featuring winning entries from the annual contest for incarcerated authors, and PEN America Best Debut Short Stories , a yearly anthology of fiction by the recipients of the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers. PEN America's Free Expression programs defend writers and journalists and protect free expression rights in
3780-486: Was New York Divided: Slavery and the Civil War, 1827–1865 , (November 17, 2006 to September 3, 2007), which explored the economy before the war and strong business ties to the South, events related to the war such as the New York City Draft Riots , and other aspects. Southerners visited New York so frequently in the antebellum era that they had favorite hotels. Under the direction of Louise Mirrer,
3843-412: Was named interim director of the Historical Society. In the same year hundreds of paintings, decorative art objects, and other artifacts, which were stored in a Manhattan warehouse, were found to be critically deteriorating. Many of the objects were on long-term loan to the museum. In 1995, grants from the city and state restored public access under the direction of Betsy Gotbaum . Since the late 1990s,
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#17327811763263906-1315: Was named president December 2, 2020, and Jennifer Egan , a recipient of the Pulitzer Prize and the 2018 Carnegie Medal for literary excellence , who became president in 2018. Other members of the Board of Trustees Executive Committee are: Vice President Ayad Akhtar , Executive Vice President and Interim Treasurer Markus Dohle , Vice President Tracy Higgins, Roxanne Donovan, Michael Pietsch, and Marvin S. Putnam. Additional trustees are: Marie Arana , Peter Barbey , John Chao, Susan Choi , Bridget Colman, Patricia Duff, Lauren Embrey, Patricia Fili-Krushel , James Hannaham , Tom Healy , Elizabeth Hemmerdinger, Linda E. Johnson, Zachary Karabell , Sean Kelly, Min Jin Lee , Franklin Leonard , Margo Lowy, Margaret Munzer Loeb, Dinaw Mengestu , Ken Miller, Wesley Morris , Paul Muldoon , Lynn Nottage , George Packer , Alix Ritchie, Anya Salama, Richard Sarnoff, Andrew Solomon , Luis Alberto Urrea , Suzy Wahba, Tara Westover , and Jamie Wolf. Ex-Officio Trustees are Krystyna Poray Goddu and Allison Markin Powell. The Chief Executive Officer of PEN America
3969-489: Was the temporary capital, the building had been unoccupied since the government's relocation to Philadelphia in 1790. In 1816, the Historical Society moved to the New York Institution, formerly the city almshouse on City Hall Park . In 1857, it moved into the first building constructed specifically for its collections, at the then-fashionable intersection of Second Avenue and 11th Street, where it stayed for
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