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PEN America Mourns Loss of Stephen Sondheim
PEN America and its Members across the country today mourned the passing of musical mastermind Stephen Sondheim, who died at age 91. More
Four Reasons Why Educational Gag Orders Are Dangerous
As PEN America outlined in its new report, state legislators introduced 54 educational gag orders in the first nine months of 2021; 11 of them have become law. More
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Today is the Day of Solidarity with Belarus Political Prisoners, as announced by @Tsihanouskaya. PEN America condemns the unjust imprisonment of Belarusians and stands by all those courageously speaking out against the Lukashenka regime #StandWithBelarus #ЖывеБеларус
When I met him: I was introduced to Sondheim at a @PENamerica event by Meryl Streep (who had no idea who I was apart from being baby Ash's daddy) and so Stephen had no idea who I was, and that was just fine by me. I said shook his hand and said hello, and went back to my table.
PEN America mourns the loss of Stephen Sondheim, the 2017 PEN/Allen Foundation Literary Service Award recipient.
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