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Response to Prism Reports Article Raising Concern Over Cash Prize Money Delays for Prize-Winning Incarcerated Writers
As a long-term course correction, PJW has already created an internal audit system to double check to ensure all payments that go out each month are received by the… More
Salman Rushdie on His New Memoir: ‘I Had to Face This’
Salman Rushdie joined in conversation with Suleika Jaouad about his new memoir, "Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder." More
PEN America: USC Decision to Cancel Valedictorian’s Graduation Speech Amounts to “Heckler’s Veto”
PEN America’s Kristen Shahverdian, program director for Campus Free Speech, said: “This amounts to a heckler’s veto – this student should have been given the opportunity to give the… More
New Report Find Unprecedented Surge in School Books Bans
“Students are at the epicenter of the book banning movement, and they’re fearlessly spearheading the fight against this insidious encroachment into what they can read and learn across the… More
Banned in the USA: Narrating the Crisis
This report utilizes snapshots to illustrate the hateful rhetoric driving book bans and personal damage that this movement has done to students and communities alike. More
The Wrong Way to Fight Campus Antisemitism
PEN America is gravely concerned that lawmakers are putting forth ill-considered proposals regarding antisemitism that would restrict the protected speech of students and faculty. More
Letter from Salman Rushdie and Past PEN America Presidents: ‘Keep Faith in the Community That We Have Built Together’
After PEN America announced its plans for its upcoming PEN America Literary Awards and the 2024 PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature, nine former PEN America presidents came… More
PEN America Speaks: How We Defended and Celebrated Free Expression The Week of April 8
PEN America works tirelessly to defend free expression, support persecuted writers, and promote literary culture. Here are some of the latest ways PEN America is speaking out. More
Tony Kushner to Receive PEN/Mike Nichols Writing for Performance Award at April 29 Literary Awards
Tony Kushner said, “It’s intimidating enough that this honor is named after Mike Nichols, no one ever understood better than him the ways words can be made to perform.… More
A Mississippi Teacher was Terminated for Reading a Book. Time to Reverse that Decision.
There is a swelling movement to assert an ideology over public schools that restricts students’ ability to learn, read, and grow. More