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Shortlists Announced for the 2014 PEN Literary Awards
PEN has announced the shortlisted titles for its nine book awards, spanning fiction, essays, science writing, biography, sports writing, translation, and children's books. More
PEN International Conference on the Russian/Ukrainian Situation
Russian and Ukrainian PEN affirm their unity against the waves of propaganda destroying the language of public discussion. More
World Cup: NSA Spying Well Offside
The U.S. gets a red card for free expression. More
Announcing Winner of 2014 PEN/Bellwether Prize
When I wasn’t reading it, I was thinking about it. [Childress] can write, these characters are real, the story is crackerjack. Tying together America's financial system and military operations… More
PEN Raises the Alarm: Reports of Secret Trial and Conviction in Tohti Case
If corroborated, this action will mar an already declining human rights record in China, where free expression is ostensibly protected under Article 35 of the Chinese Constitution. More
Recommended Reading: Poetry in Translation
From Japanese, Greek, Russian, German, and more, these translators have turned a foreign language into an understandable one for lovers of poetry to get in touch with faraway cultures.… More
Three Wishes
Three WishesI have a dream for my family.My two sisters and my brother did not go to school, and I wish they could have had an education. Now I… More
Mexico: Third Journalist Murdered This Year
PEN International joins PEN Mexico in protesting the murder of journalist Jorge Torres Palacios, found dead on June 2, 2014. PEN calls on the authorities to carry out a… More
The PEN Ten with Michele Zackheim
If I write with a broad-brush stroke of transparent watercolor over a difficult, perhaps ugly portrait, I must be responsible about what I write, and not muddy the truth.… More
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