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Educational Gag Orders Target Speech about LGBTQ+ Identities With New Prohibitions and Punishments
The effort to censor anti-LGBTQ identities in the classroom is expanding rapidly. More
Best Practices for E-reader Tablets in Carceral Institutions
Produced by the Coalition for Carceral Access in Literature and Learning (C.A.L.L.) The introduction of e-reader tablets to carceral institutions is a new and growing trend. When implemented in a… More
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2022 PEN America Literary Awards Ceremony
Announcing the 2022 PEN America Literary Awards Finalists
PEN America Free Expression Essay Competition
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Alejandro Zambra
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2022 Writing as Activism Fellowship
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They're going to end tenure in Texas. This is the #EdScare in a nutshell. Ask yourself when was the last time a faculty senate resolution so offended the Lt Gov that they called a press conference to end tenure and ban how faculty think and talk. #AcademicTwitter https://twitter.com/meganmmenchaca/status/1494724096604708876
In this week's #PENTen interview, Alejandro Zambra, author of CHILEAN POET, spoke with us about his early writing, his relationship to words, and more: https://bit.ly/3gQrV3o
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The Sentences That Create Us: Writing in Prison and Beyond
February 22, 2022
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Dare to Speak
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