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Freedom of Expression Under Threat in Thailand as Army Imposes Restrictions on Media
PEN International calls on the Thai army to allow journalists and other writers to continue their essential work documenting and commenting on the emerging situation as martial law is… More
Recommended Reading: Excellence in Science Writing
Why are we giving mice cancer? Are paleo diets healthy? What really happened at Memorial Hospital on the day of Hurricane Katrina? Our judges Akiko Busch, Rivka Galchen, and… More
Statement from Russian PEN Center
The Russian PEN Center notes that Russian state-controlled media channels are being used to conduct an intense campaign of misleading propaganda leading to a dangerous rise in nationalistic sentiment… More
Russian PEN Protests Continuing Threats to Free Expression
To tell the truth and to create meaning are both professional and civic duty for the writing community, writers, and journalists. The word is the only tool for creating… More
Postscript: Peter Matthiessen
On April 5, 2014, we learned that the American writer Peter Matthiessen, 86, had died in a hospital near his home in Sagaponack, New York. He had been suffering… More
An Apology
In the most recent issue of the PEN America journal, we published an excerpt of the poem “WHEREAS” by Layli Long Soldier under the title, “To Exhaust a Horse.” This was a… More
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On the Edge: Total Destruction
While indigenous people are trying to avert the disaster, in sharp contrast, the race toward the cliff is led by the most advanced, educated, wealthy, and privileged societies of… More
On the Edge: Grief
Has anyone ever stopped grieving by devastating another’s life? What is the fantasy, the conceit, at work in such an act? Perhaps the wager is that this I, in… More
PEN / Guernica at Lit Crawl NYC – 5/17
In celebration of the PEN/Guernica Flash Fiction Series, join our writers, staffers, and editors from both organizations for a co-curated evening of literary debauchery. We’ll be the second stop… More
The Power of Words: Acceptance of the 2014 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award
Thank you very much for the honor that you’re granting to my father this evening. Thank you too for giving me the opportunity to stand here in his place… More
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