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Works of Justice: An Interview with Writing for Justice Fellow Thomas Bartlett Whitaker
"Within my writings, I am able to take a moral stand against a site and an ideology that I feel to be both overwhelming and inherently broken." More
Detention and Harassment of Cuban Artists During the Havana Biennial is Part and Parcel of Efforts to Stamp Out Artistic Freedom
“While the art world is gathering at the XIII Havana Biennial, the repression against Cuban artists who are critical of this restrictive new measure exposes the Cuban Ministry of… More
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John Oliver will serve as Master of Ceremonies for the PEN Literary Gala saluting "Defenders of Truth" in NYC on May 21.
In 2016, he saluted the heroes of journalism while lamenting the financial state of the newspaper business on HBO's #LastWeekTonight. https://t.co/BX2gMtdjKR
Please join @PENamerican in Chicago on May 4, where I'll have the honor of talking with superb writer @SashaHemon about exile as part of the always-excellent @chihumanities. https://t.co/jCiQicPYTQ
Trump deletes tweet that wrongly stated the death toll in Sri Lanka attacks as "138 million" https://t.co/dJ1WGYbhSj
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