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Witness in Durango
Mexican journalist Héctor Gordoa describes his capture and escape from death in Durango while investigating a notorious prison. More
La Cucaracha, La Cucaracha
Poet Víctor Manuel Mendiola reminisces about the Mexico City of his childhood and criticizes the country's current power brokers. More
How Tech Transparency is Good for Writers
New trends in transparency reporting from tech companies are a welcome development for threatened writers. More
‘That Book Wrote Me’
Chinua Achebe delivered the following speech at the close of PEN's 2008 Tribute to Chinua Achebe. It appears in PEN America 9: Checkpoints, along with other excerpts from the… More
Strangely Personal: Growing Up in Chinua Achebe’s House
The year that I turned six, my family moved into a bigger house with a staircase that at first terrified me. The family that had just moved out, I… More
Love Letter
“You’re a really good writer,” she said, “almost as good as your brother Charles. You should read the novel he’s writing.” So I snuck into Charles’s room and… More
Five Questions with Patrice Nganang, Cameroonian Human Rights Advocate & Author
PEN interviews Cameroonian author, professor, and human rights advocate Patrice Nganang on the jailed writer Enoh Meyomesse and how people can help. More
Some Good News from the OAS
The Organization of American States acts to protect its key human rights mechanisms. More
State of Unhappiness Das Kapital
are you coughing now? do you / feel a dull pain in the chest when you breathe deeply? can you still broadcast although / disgruntled that you’d die for… More
Chinua Achebe, Storyteller In Excelsis
Nigerian PEN President Tade Ipadeola on the influence of Chinua Achebe on his life and African letters. More
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