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PEN Appeal: Prageeth Ekanaliyagoda
January 25, 2012 His Excellency the President Mahinda Rajapaksa Presidential Secretariat Colombo 1 Sri Lanka Fax: +94 11 2446657 Mr. Mohan Peiris Attorney General Attorney General’s Department Colombo 12 Sri Lanka Fax: +94 11 2 436421 Dr. Palitha… More
PEN Appeal: Zhu Yufu
January 25, 2012 President of the People’s Republic of China His Excellency Hu Jintao State Council Beijing 100032 P.R. China Your Excellency, On behalf of the 3,500 members of PEN American Center, an international organization of… More
Moving Forward, Looking Backward
Ten years after the first detainees of America’s war on terrorism arrived at Guantanamo Bay, we must ask ourselves: What needs to be done to repair the damage caused… More
Protests and Post-it Pasties: Transition in Burma
This was my fifth time to Burma. I had come to cover Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s release from house arrest and reports of a thaw in the military… More
PEN Member Walter Dean Myers Appointed National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature
PEN Member Walter Dean Myers has been named the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, a position created by the Library of Congress and the Children’s Book Council to… More
PEN Appeal: Enoh Meyomesse
January 24, 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
PEN Appeal: Pham Minh Hoang
January 24, 2012 President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam His Excellency Nguyên Minh Triêt Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hanoi Socialist Republic of Vietnam Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Manh Minister of Foreign Affairs 1 Ton… More
PEN Members Win Newbery, Caldecott
PEN congratulates Members Chris Raschka, winner of the 2012 Caldecott Medal; Jack Gantos, winner of the 2012 Newbery Medal; Daniel Handler, a Printz Honor winner; and Marina Budhos, a… More
Three Poems
To be a mother is a poem and a problem— / this lady leaves her child by an orphanage door, / birth cord still clinging, her dark hair damp… More
Naked Medium: A Conversation with Adam Day
The way that film moves is extremely important to me: not just its manner of telling a story, with its heightened ability to create successful gaps and make leaps,… More
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