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Gesell Dome
In this excerpt from Argentine novelist's Dashiell Hammett prize-wining book, a bleak seaside resort tensely awaiting the arrival of the next tourist season is viewed through a Faulknerian lens.… More
No-Fly Zone in Ferguson Shows Need for Justice Department Investigation Into Press Freedom
An Associated Press report that police in Ferguson requested a no-fly zone to block media helicopters from documenting protests is further proof of the need for a full investigation… More
The Kachin: Culture of the Mountain Lords
“Once we looked to our cultural elders for guidance—now we look to soldiers.” In Kachin State, Myanmar, conflict has overruled culture. More
Mx Justin Vivian Bond on How to Take a Flying Leap
On Monday night at the Ace Hotel Mx Justin Vivian Bond—trans-activist, cabaret chanteuse, performance art icon, and memoirist—will speak with Mike Albo about literature as a way of being,… More
Writers in the Schools: September-October
PEN's Writers in the Schools program kicked off its second year in September, bringing PEN members to schools around New York: from Flushing, Queens, to Bushwick, Brooklyn. Over the… More
Disproportionate Response: Myanmar Journalist Shot Dead
Myanmar journalist Aung Naing was shot and buried by the military on October 4, allegedly as he tried to escape custody. More
A Land Where the Storyteller is the Story
For Mexicans today, it is hard to interpret the words around us. In the classified section, narco messages appear in the broken thumb language of text messaging. More
Myanmar: Crackdown on media continues
A Yangon court has sentenced three journalists, an editor, and a publisher to two years in prison term under a law preventing “publishing statements that could cause public alarm.” More
Iranian Human Rights Lawyer Silenced, Barred from Law
Iranian journalist and human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been barred from practicing law for three years, she told reporters in Tehran Sunday. This is the second time the… More
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