David Kipen

David Kipen served as the National Endowment for the Arts' director of literature under both Democratic and Republican administrations. He teaches on the University of California, Los Angeles’s full-time writing faculty and is the founder and artistic director of a nonprofit, bilingual, decade-old free storefront lending library called Libros Schmibros.

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Why We Need a New Federal Writers’ Project Why We Need a New Federal Writers’ Project

The Depression-era Federal Writers’ Project created jobs, fought disinformation, and gave voice to the voiceless. We need all of the above now more than ever.

Jul 12, 2021 / David Kipen

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