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Jury Independence Illustrated
So you’ve received a notice to report to jury duty.What? You’re trying to get out of it? Too busy?At the risk of sounding like a herb, being on a… More
PEN Appeal: Enoh Meyomesse
April 13, 2012 President Paul Biya Fax: +237 22 22 08 70 Hon. Minister of Justice Amadou Ali Ministry of Justice Yaoundé Cameroon Fax: +237 22 23 00 05 Prime Minister Mr. Philemon Yang Fax: +237 22 23… More
Best Translated Book Award 2012 Shortlists
it’s time to find out which books have been selected for this year’s poetry and fiction shortlists. Both lists were announced last night at a ceremony in Rochester,… More
Poetry Roundup: Just the Quotes Edition
If you start out at a 7-11 and end up in your grandma’s arms, that’s not weird. More
The Astronauts in the Garden Grass
My friend from Pakistan gave the same story a different shape / “The Woman who Brought the Stars” which is me / in the sky / They divided… More
PEN Appeal: Ragip Zarakolu
April 10, 2012 Minister of Justice Mr. Sadullah Ergin 06669 Kizilay Ankara Turkey Fax: 00 90 312 419 3370 Your Excellency, On behalf of the 3,000 members of PEN American Center, an international organization of writers… More
PEN Appeal: Guillermo Fernández García
April 10, 2012 President Lic. Felipe De Jesús Calderón Hinojosa Presidente de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos Residencia Oficial de los Pinos Casa Miguel Alemán Col. San Miguel Chapultepec, C.P. 11850, DISTRITO FEDERAL, México Fax: (+… More
An Activist Guide to PEN World Voices
[caption id="attachment_11028" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="PEN World Voice Festival of International Literature"][/caption] For over 90 years, PEN has promoted literature and defended free expression by advocating on behalf of threatened writers… More
The Moment of Change Is the Only Poem
On March 27, we lost poet, seminal essayist, and activist Adrienne Rich. The loss resonates all the more in the months when women’s rights are once more (and when… More
PEN Presses for Visa for Palestinian Poet
Yesterday, we got word through our Translation Committee that Palestinian poet Ghassan Zaqtan, whose collection Like a Straw Bird It Follows Me is being released by Yale University Press… More
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