February 22, 2022: Joanne Leedom-Ackerman discusses her new book, "Pen Journeys: Memoir of Literature on the Line"
Join us on February 22, 2022 as Joanne Leedom-Ackerman discusses her new book, Pen Journeys: Memoir of Literature on the Line.
Joanne Leedom-Ackerman is a novelist, short story writer, and journalist. A former reporter for The Christian Science Monitor, she has won awards for her nonfiction and has published stories and essays in numerous books, magazines and periodicals. A former board member of the PEN/Faulkner Foundation, she is a vice president emeritus of PEN International, and currently serves on the boards of the International Center for Journalists, Words Without Borders, the American Writers Museum, and Refugees International. A member of the Advisory Board of the United States Institute of Peace, she is additionally a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Texas Institute of Letters.
February 22, 2022. 12 p.m. ET.
American Purpose newsletters
Sign up to get our essays and updates—you pick which ones—right in your inbox.
Subscribe