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Gift a PEN America Membership to the writer, reader or free speech champion in your life between now and December 25 and you'll be entered for the chance to win this Audre Lorde tote bag for you and your giftee! http://bit.ly/PENgift

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Thank you to @RonCharles and @washingtonpost for highlighting the work of @prisonlegalnews @PENamerica @AppalachianPBP and @PrisonPolicy to protect access to books in prisons. Read the full Book Club column here: https://bit.ly/34hHhoL

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Along with her family, friends, and loved ones, we mourn the loss of former PEN America trustee Elisabeth Sifton. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/13/books/elisabeth-sifton-dead.html

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