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PEN America, a nonprofit organization working at the intersection of literature and human rights, seeks a Workshop Leader to design and lead a series of in-person poetry-based writing workshops with intergenerational participants affiliated with our Birmingham-based partner organization, The Magic City Acceptance Center. Books That Saved Me is a new initiative that will bring together twelve LGBTQ+ youth and community elders to generate original poetry about books that have impacted their lives. This is a six-month contract position, and reports to the Senior Manager of PEN Across America. These workshops will be in-person, and applicants must be based in or near Birmingham, Alabama.   The Workshop Leader will work in consultation with PEN America and Magic City Acceptance Center staff to design and implement curriculum for an eight-week series of workshops over the summer of 2025.  The successful/ideal candidate will be an organized, self-disciplined...