PEN Appeal: Abu Zara Al-Amin

March 18, 2011 H.E. President Omar Al Bashir Office of the President People’s Palace PO Box 281 Khartoum Sudan Fax: +249 183 774339 Mohamed Atta Al-Moula Abbas Director of the NISS NISS Headquarters Khartoum Sudan Your Excellencies, On behalf of the 3,500 members… More

PEN Appeal: Valério Nascimento

May 11, 2011 Sr. José Eduardo Cardozo Federal Minister of Justice Exmo. Ministro Ministério da Justiça Esplanada dos Ministérios Bloco "T", 70712-902 - Brasília/DF Brasil Fax: + 55 61 3322 6817/ 3224 3398 Sra. Maria… More

PEN Appeal: Crackdown on Syrian press

May 11, 2011 His Excellency Bashar al-Assad President Presidential Palace al-Rashid Street Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic Fax: +963 11 332 3410 Major Sa’id Mohamed Samour Minister of Interior Ministry of Interior ‘Abd al-Rahman Shahbandar Street Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic Fax: +963… More

How to Survive in Prison

Find out your boyfriend got married. Spend as much time in the yard as possible. Learn to fit in. Become someone’s girlfriend. Stop thinking about the outside world. Join… More

Working Day Notes: The Publishing Revolution is Here

Introduction by Joshua FurstWe’ll examine the current state of publishing and the massive changes it’s going through. The panel of publishers and authors will describe their experiences, and try… More

Ginger

A thing of beauty--that’s what it is. That’s what it has to be. Triumph always makes beauty its own. The perfection of a skill is truly beautiful to behold.… More

There a Petal Silently Falls

As you pass by the gravesites scattered throughout the city you may encounter her, a girl whose maroon velvet dress barely covers her, a girl who lingers near the… More

The Butterfly Conspiracy

That was before. In the evening, we’d perch at the top of the cliff to watch the sun drown itself. Way off in the distance, it screamed out its… More

Blue on Blue

A week in Washington.The American soldiers killed in Iraq will one day have a memorial on the Mall in Washington DC like the soldiers killed in the Vietnam War.… More