PEN Appeal: Bertrand Teyou

March 31, 2011 President Paul Biya Fax: +237 22 22 08 70 Mr. Philemon Yang Prime Minister Fax: +237 22 23 57 35 Your Excellencies, On behalf of the 3,500 members of PEN American… More

April

Breathe in And out (Having received the transparent, light blue letter) With my breath Cast… More

Mildred Pierce

In the spring of 1931, on a lawn in Glendale, California, a man was bracing trees. It was a tedious job, for he had first to prune dead twigs,… More

Outside the Box

Dateline: Somewhere between Portland and New York, Elite Access Compartment, United Airlines Flight #485 Z.I’m currently on a plane, en route to the glitzy premiere festivities for Mildred Pierce,… More

Intellectual Property Workshop

With the advent of e-books, reversion has raised some very interesting questions. When you have paper books it’s easy to tell if something is out of print. You go… More

PEN Appeal: Abdul-Jalil Alsingace

March 18, 2011 His Majesty Sheikh Hamad bin Issa Al-Khalifa King of Bahrain Office of His Majesty the King P.O.Box 555 Rifa’a Palace Kingdom of Bahrain Fax: +973 176 64 587 Sheikh Khalid bin Ali… More

PEN Appeal: Ali al-‘Abdullah

March 16, 2011 His Excellency President Bashar al-Assad President of the Republic Presidential Palace Abu Rummaneh, Al-Rashid Street Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic Fax: + 963 11 332 3410 His… More

Working Day: Education, Knowledge, Learning

April 28, 2011 | Old School | New York CityWith Marcelo Figueras, Esther Klein Friedman, Juan Carlos Mestre, Gunnhild Øyehaug, and Shanley Rhodes; curated by Eric Pliner. Debates about the nature… More

Working Day: New Orleans

April 28, 2011 | Old School | New York CityWith Sarah Broom, Richard Campanella, Fatima Shaik, and Billy Sothern; curated by Nathaniel Rich New Orleans has long been a city from… More