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Ten Awesome Tweets on What #FreeExpressionIs
In the past week, hundreds of people have tweeted in PEN’s #FreeExpressionIs campaign for Ilham Tohti. Think you can do better? More
What We Talk About When We Talk Rot: Eileen Myles and an Obsession with Spoilage
By Emma Komlos-Hrobsky In her conversation with Mike Albo for the World Voices Festival’s Obsession series, Eileen Myles told this story about her lifelong fixation with spoilage: As a… More
Exclusive Preview of 2014 Literary Awards Longlists and Judges
On the evening of the 2014 PEN Literary Gala, PEN is offering an exlcusive preview of the 2014 Literary Awards longlists and judges.Click here to view the longlist preview… More
First Editions Second Thoughts Auction
NEW DATE: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2014at Christie's, New York An auction of unique books and works of art will be held in the fall at Christies New York to benefit… More
The Bosnia List
“Are you a Bosnian, Yugoslavian or a Muslim?” his younger comrade barked at me. What was I? Was it a trick question? I was baffled how to answer. I… More
Save the Dates: 2014 PEN Literary Awards
Longlists announced: May 6 / Shortlists announced: June 18 / Winners announced: July 30 / Awards Ceremony: September 29 More
Two Poems by Todd Colby
. . .The night is fast approaching, / an almost liquid darkness seeps in over the highway / and invades the room I'm in, until electric light / simmers… More
Letter to Secretary of State John Kerry: Speak Up for Writers in Ethiopia
On April 25 and 26, Ethiopian authorities arrested six prominent bloggers and three freelance journalists on the eve of Secretary of State John Kerry's arrival in Addis Ababa to… More
Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity
As food supplies have tightened, a new geopolitics of food has emerged—a world in which the global competition for land and water is intensifying and each country is fending… More