{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Jennifer Clement - 197 - Alain Elkann Interviews","description":"THE PROMISED PARTY. Jennifer Clement is the President Emerita of PEN International and the author of multiple books, including Widow Basquiat and Gun Love. The recipient of many awards, her books have twice been a New York Times Editor\u2019s Choice. Under her leadership at PEN International, and being the only woman elected since the organization was founded in 1921, the groundbreaking PEN International Women\u2019s Manifesto and The Democracy of the Imagination Manifesto were created. As President of PEN Mexico (2009-2012), Clement was instrumental in changing the law to make killing a journalist a federal crime. \u201cThe book is fragmentary in the sense that it is written in very short chapters.  It is also the story of how I became a writer and a tale of two cities.\u201c \u201cI felt it was very important that PEN International, the largest and oldest writers\u2019 organisation, defend the right for writers to use their imaginations and be who you are not.\u201c \u201cThe gun shot low.\u201d ","author_name":"Alain Elkann Interviews","author_url":"https:\/\/www.alainelkanninterviews.com\/","html":"