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The PEN Ten: An Interview with Poet Brenda Shaughnessy
"Just like all politics are identity politics, and just like the personal is political—all poems are love poems, all poems are political poems." More
The Writing on the (Berlin) Wall: Free Expression or Vandalism?
Taeyong Jeong (aka HIDEYES) stood trial for the destruction of public property for spray-painting symbols of peace on a section of the Berlin Wall in Seoul. More
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Children's and YA #Authors! Since 2001, the PEN/Phyllis Naylor Fellowship has awarded 19 winning projects of children's and YA fiction. Submissions for our 2020 cycle are open until August 15— learn more at https://t.co/qwJBovgRK0
This Saturday we’re partnering with @city_bureau and @PENamerican for a special panel discussion about trauma-informed reporting. Event is free and open to the public. https://t.co/3HhX0AsB2P
Attention Translators! PEN/Heim #Translation Fund Grants have supported nearly 200 winning projects from over 35 languages. Submissions for our 2020 cycle are open until June 1— learn more at https://t.co/HOeZ9OOfuF
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