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An Era of Censorship Comes to a Close in Myanmar
In a sign that real change is finally coming to Myanmar, the censorship office is closing, and writers are free to write. More
ICPC Member Jiao Guobiao Prevented from Attending PEN International Congress
On Friday, September 7, we received news from our Independent Chinese PEN Center colleagues that Dr. Jiao Guobiao, an ICPC member based in Beijing, was put under house arrest… More
PEN History
PEN History The P.E.N. (poets, playwrights, essayists, editors, and novelists) American Center was founded in New York City in the spring of 1922. A year earlier in London, the… More
Other PEN Centers
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Children’s/Young Adult Book Authors Committee
The Children’s/Young Adult Book Authors Committee supports writers and librarians whose books have been banned or challenged. We are eager to receive information about these actions so that we… More
PEN America: A Journal for Writers and Readers
“PEN America is an entrancing magazine: when it arrives, I fall helplessly into it, and am lost to everything else.”—Cynthia OzickPEN’s semi-annual literary journal publishes fiction, poetry, conversation, criticism,… More
Writing Institute
The Writing Institute was created in 2004 to address the fact that many young writers and artists in New York City lack access to professional writing instruction beyond the… More
Microscripts
A marvelously handsome young ethicist spoke enlighteningly with the populace, calling on it with ingenious eloquence to turn its back on schnapps once and for all. More