2013 PEN Hemingway Awards

John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Forum series

Mar 24, 201301:06:34News & Politics

Patrick Hemingway, Ernest Hemingway’s son, presents this year's PEN Hemingway Award to Kevin Powers for The Yellow Birds. Colm Toibin, author of Brooklyn and The Testament of Mary, delivers the keynote address.

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