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Thelonious Monk
Benetta Smith—known affectionately as “Teeny”—loved to visit her Aunt Nellie and Uncle Thelonious. For a kid growing up in the late ’50s and early ’60s, the Monks’ tiny ground-floor… More
Voice from Beyond the Grave
Voice from Beyond the GraveHere lie my mortal remainsIn the field of eternal restThe last stop of a transient life with multiple destiniesThe clay covers my icy dead bodyThe… More
PEN Appeal: Ulugbek Abdusalamov
August 17, 2010 Kubatbek Baibolov Minister of Internal Affairs Frunze Street, 469 Bishkek 720040 KYRGYZSTAN Fax: +996 312 68 20 44 Baitemir Ibraev General Prosecutor 72, Orozbekova Street Bishkek 720040 KYRGYZSTAN Fax: +996 312 66 54 11 Your Excellencies: On behalf of the… More
PEN Remembers Richard Miller
PEN is deeply saddened by the recent death of PEN Member and translator Richard Miller. Mr. Miller was a Trustee of PEN from 1979–1981 and was also the Chair… More
PEN Appeal: Gheyret Niyaz, Dilshat Perhat, Nureli, and Nijat Azat
August 11, 2010 His Excellency Hu Jintao President of the People’s Republic of China State Council Beijing 100032 P.R. China Nur Bekri Chairman of the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Regional People’s Government Xinjiang Weiwuer Zizhiqu… More
Call for Donations to Help Reopen Haitian PEN Center
This past January our colleague Georges Anglade, co-founder and president of the Haitian PEN Center, died along with his wife in the earthquake in Port-au-Prince. The Center itself, housed… More
Move the Back of Your Heart Towards the Front of Your Heart
On Saturday, July 21, PEN American hosted poets Janaka Stucky and Ana Božičević at the second annual New York City Poetry Festival. More
PEN Appeal: Rodríguez, Hernández, Bárzaga, and Pulido
July 27, 2010 Raúl Castro Ruz Presidente c/o Cuban Interests Section 2639 16th St, NW Washington, DC 20009 Fax: (202) 797-8521 General Abelardo Coloma Ibarra Ministro del Interior y Prisiones c/o Cuban Interests Section 2639 16th St, NW Washington,… More
Enoh Meyomesse:Ma Vie en Prison (francais)
Mes premiers jours ont été difficiles à Kondengui, où je suis arrivé jeudi 22 décembre 2011 à 14 heures, quoique, en comparaison aux trente passés en garde à vue… More
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