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Grand Tour
In America I’m not really a private person. No, I’m a public person. And a public person cannot write. More
PEN Letter of Support for Nomination of Liu Xiaobo
On January 29, 2010, 20 members of PEN American Center submitted a letter of support for Kwame Anthony Appiah's nomination of Liu Xiaobo for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize. More
Kwame Anthony Appiah Applauds State Department Actions to End Exclusion of Tariq Ramadan from U.S.
On January 20, 2010, PEN American Center President Kwame Anthony Appiah issued the following statement applauding the end of the ideological exclusion from the United States of Swiss scholar Tariq… More
E.L. Doctorow Calls for Liu Xiaobo’s Release
Such events as this have been necessary for as long as I can remember. PEN Members marched around the Czech embassy to protest the jailing of Vaclav Havel. Twenty… More
PEN Appeal: Vetrivel Jasikaran, Vadivel Valarmathy, and J. S. Tissainayagam
November 24, 2009 His Excellency the President Mahinda Rajapaksa Presidential Secretariat Colombo 1 Sri Lanka Fax: +94 11 2446657 Hon. Amarasiri Dodangoda Minister of Justice and Law Reforms Ministry of Justice and Law Reforms Superior Courts Complex, Colombo 12 Sri… More
PEN Appeal: Tran Khai Thanh Thuy and Nguyen Van Ly
November 24, 2009 His Excellency Nguyên Minh Triêt President, Socialist Republic of Vietnam C/O Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hanoi Socialist Republic of Vietnam Nguyên Tân Dung Prime Minister 1 Hoang Hoa Tham Street Hanoi Socialist Republic of Vietnam Lê… More
Kabir: Poems
Friend,/ You had one life/ And you blew it. More
PEN Appeal: Six Vietnamese Dissident Writers
October 16, 2009 His Excellency Nguyên Minh Triêt President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam C/O Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hanoi Socialist Republic of Vietnam Your Excellency, On behalf of the 3,400 members of… More
Essential Incarceration
At no time in the modern era has the concern over incarceration--its purpose and consequences--been so prevalent and urgent. This has been quite clear from the amount of legislative… More