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Meet the 2022 Literary Awards Judges
PEN America’s 2022 Literary Awards judges join a long tradition of esteemed writers and PEN America members committed to recognizing their contemporaries. 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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Developed in close collaboration with @Code4Africa and @PesaCheck, @PENamerica’s new French-language Online Harassment Manual serves writers and journalists facing online abuse across the francophone world. Please share the Manual #FightOnlineAbuseNow https://onlineharassmentfieldmanual.pen.org/
This #NativeAmericanHeritageDay, check out PEN America's reading list highlighting books that spotlight Native American writers and their experiences and celebrate Indigenous histories and cultures. https://bit.ly/3165xib
Banning books from classrooms & school libraries is not new, but it's recently become a topic of considerable political debate. @NPRItsBeenAMin discusses why it's important for kids to discover books freely, even if that means starting a hard conversation. https://n.pr/3cRW0xn
Dare to Speak
PEN America CEO Suzanne Nossel’s book Dare to Speak, providing a pathway for navigating and defending free speech, is on sale!
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