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The PEN Ten: An Interview with Frank Huyler

Interview
By: Jared Jackson | August 27, 2020

“I think storytelling, like language, has a biological basis. In a sense, it’s an act of the collective mind, and a uniting force.” More

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Three and a Half Ways Not to Fix The Internet

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By: Matt Bailey | July 1, 2020

The three proposed reforms to Section 230 highlight the struggle between maintaining free expression and regulating harassment and disinformation. More

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The PEN Pod: On the Inequities of Survival with Megan Giddings

InterviewJune 30, 2020

“Our healthcare system in this country is so deeply inequitable and hostile toward the people it’s supposed to serve.“ More

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The PEN Ten: An Interview with Jean Kyoung Frazier

Interview
By: Jared Jackson | June 25, 2020

“I’ve never been great at imagining my future self and the things she may want, things that will be good for her, but each year that goes by, I… More

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2019 LitFest Gala: Levar Burton’s Tribute to Toni Morrison

TranscriptNovember 20, 2019

In an intimate tribute to Toni Morrison at the 2019 LitFest Gala in Los Angeles, acclaimed actor and author LeVar Burton honored the late writer's legacy. More

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A PEN Out Loud Interview with Nicole Dennis-Benn

InterviewOctober 11, 2019

"Sometimes we don’t even know or appreciate the ways in which the other person’s work speaks to ours until we’re put in conversations like PEN Out Loud." More

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The PEN Ten: An Interview with Poet Geffrey Davis

Interview
By: Natalie Desrosiers | October 3, 2019

"The process of translation makes clear that no one language has power over another." More

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The PEN Ten: An Interview with Emerging Voices Fellows Davin Malasarn and Monica Carter

InterviewSeptember 26, 2019

"The program has helped me get published, given me wonderful experiences reading my work in public, and supported me at every stage of my career." More

Jevon Jackson

The PEN Ten: Jevon Jackson on Uncompromising Truth and What Makes for Good Narrative

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By: Caits Meissner | September 19, 2019

"Good Narratives create a world that we can identify with, populated with people we can relate to, and regardless of the plot or the characters' journey . . .… More

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Works of Justice: A Brief Interview with Poet Edward Ji

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By: Eleanor Mammen | September 16, 2019

"Writing is not 'resistance.' This places counts me eight times a day, but does not know I’m here. Like winter, life does not care if you die. It is… More

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So proud to collaborate with @PENamerica given the mission to support human rights and free expression, including in our schools. Grateful for all their work to support writers and to fight misinformation and disinformation. Check out their important work! https://pen.org https://twitter.com/penamerica/status/1642232215928033281

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A woman in France is to be tried on charges of insulting President Macron after describing him as 'filth' in a Facebook post.

"I asked the (police) if it was a joke, I had never been arrested," she said. "I am not public enemy number one." https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230329-french-woman-faces-trial-for-insulting-macron-on-facebook #FreeSpeech

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In her debut collection My Dear Comrades, Sunu Chandy (@sunuchandy) draws from her many disciplines—#poetry, #law, #activism—to invite the reader into a space that resists boundaries while living among them.

Learn more in her new #PENTen interview: https://pen.org/the-pen-ten-an-interview-with-sunu-chandy/

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