PEN America is suing President Donald Trump for First Amendment violations
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PEN America will present Gillian Flynn and Marti Noxon with the 2018 Award for Teleplay Excellence at the LitFest Gala
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Sign Now: Demand Journalists Be Given Immediate Access to Child Detention Centers
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PEN AMERICA EMBARKS ON NATIONAL EXPANSION OF PRESS FREEDOM EFFORTS with PEN Across America
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Demand the release of 2018 PEN/BARBEY FREEDOM TO WRITE AWARD WINNERS WA LONE AND KYAW SOE OO, SENTENCED TO Seven YEARS IN Prison
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The PEN Ten Interview with Author Alethea Black
"I think the biggest threat to free expression today is the use of social media (or media in general) to bully and intimidate voices of dissent." More
Jamal Khashoggi: The World Deserves Answers
PEN America will continue to follow the case closely and to advocate for the Saudi regime to provide clarity about Jamal Khashoggi’s whereabouts. More
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On 10/22 at @strandbookstore, join a panel of YA authors—@IbiZoboi, @brownbookworm, @JosephBruchac, @exrpan, and @kheryncasey—discussing how YA authors are promoting a diversity of voices and causes, and getting their readers involved in social issues: https://t.co/ZPqN8b6HtE
This was one of the saddest things I have ever done. To edit @Jkhashoggi's final piece for the @WashingtonPost. We've lost a bright and brave voice. "Say your word, then leave". Sleep well, my friend.--> What the Arab world needs most is free expression https://t.co/Bt9tIDARoH
So the animal had passed through history to experience this:
the innocuous cacophony of something always happening.
Read a poem by Brandon Kreitler (@oystershells). https://t.co/vNKmlBQpb0
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