The Administration promised free expression. The results were anything but more freedom.
As usual, China leads the pack but there is a new high of 375 total imprisoned worldwide.
Submissions for the 2026 PEN America Literary Awards are open through August 20.
We analyzed the books banned in the last school year to see which topics were most targeted.
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I haven’t got anything under the sofa! Now mind your own damn business! Jesus God, you come into the house…
PEN America’s 2023-2024 Index of Banned Books found 10,046 instances of individual books banned, affecting 4,231 unique titles.
Senator William W. Bradley, is a managing director of Allen & Company LLC. He served in the U.S. Senate from…
PEN American Center today announced that it has joined Facebook, Google, Human Rights Watch, Electronic Frontier Foundation, and the Berkman…
It’s terrible to be turned into a human interest story on the nightly news, particularly when the story is about…
University Programs American University Undergraduate and graduate Certificate in Translation (French, German, Russian, Spanish) Department of Language & Foreign…
With Senator Bill Bradley, Niall Ferguson, Paul Krugman, Nouriel Roubini, George Soros, and Robin Wells; moderated by Jeff Madrick and…
Five dictionaries are on Escambia County’s list of more than 1,600 books banned pending investigation in December 2023, along with…
Nearly 700 books, including recent bestsellers by Jon Stewart and Amy Poehler and classics by Maya Angelou, Ovid, and Marcel…