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Three Portraits: Artistic Process at World Voices Festival
We asked writer and artist Kate Gavino to capture a few of her favorite moments from this year’s World Voices Festival. Martin Amis, Michael Stipe, and Salman Rushdie… we… More
Renewed Crackdown on Writers and Journalists Ahead of 25th Anniversary of Tiananmen Protests
Five prominent dissident writers arrested for taking part in events to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the crackdown on the 1989 pro-democracy protests should be released immediately and unconditionally,… More
Putin’s New Assault on Digital Freedom
The president of Russia signed a new controversial law requiring bloggers to register if they receive more than 3,000 unique views. Grigory Pasko, member of PEN Russia, responds. More
Longlists Announced for the 2014 PEN Literary Awards
This is the first year that PEN is releasing the longlisted titles of its book awards while also celebrating the many distinugished awards judges who nominated them. More
The PEN World Voices Workshop: n+1′s “How to Do Theory in a Literary Magazine”
Ryan Chapman There’s an almost sitcom predictability to a group of people debating literary theory. The earnest populist. The contrarian. The grammarian. The blowhard who prefaces every response with a… More
PEN World Voices 2014: Babette’s Feast 2.0
Amid the impressive and overwhelming lineup of this year’s PEN World Voices Festival, “Babette’s Feast 2.0: 101 Spring Street” stood out for its tantalizing premise. Who could resist the… More
African Writers Call for Release of Zone 9 Bloggers in Ethiopia
On the eve of Press Freedom Day, a group of African writers joined together at the PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature to call for the release of… More
Journalists and Bloggers Continue to Face Reprisals and Restrictions on World Press Freedom Day
On May 3 PEN International marks World Press Freedom Day, affirming the importance of freedom of expression and press freedom—a fundamental human right enshrined in Article 19 of the… More
2014 PEN World Voices: Image Gallery
body,td,th { font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; } a { font-size: 12px; color: #C30; } a:hover { color: #CC0033; } Monday, April 282:00pmReadings: Nine Plays from Five Continents 7:00pmOpening Night: On the EdgeTuesday, April 2910:00amWorkshop—Susan Choi on The Role of… More
2014 PEN World Voices: Video
Opening NightOpening Night PEN World Voices: Sofi Oksanen Opening Night of PEN World Voices: Salman RushdieOpening Night of PEN World Voices: Noam ChomskyOpening Night of PEN World Voices: Paul BermanOpening… More
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