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PEN America Speaks: How We Defended and Celebrated Free Expression The Week of May 13
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
PEN America Speaks: How We Defended and Celebrated Free Expression The Week of May 6
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
Champions of Free and Creative Expression Join PEN America in Tribute to Music Icon Paul Simon and Wall Street Journal Publisher Almar Latour at Annual NYC Literary Gala
Paul Simon said: “We've learned that the cause we are supporting tonight -- PEN's valid commitment to protect writers everywhere from censorship, coercion and imprisonment -- is more urgently… More
PEN America CEO Suzanne Nossel’s Remarks at the 2024 Literary Gala
At the 2024 PEN America Literary Gala, CEO Suzanne Nossel spoke about four basic principles that define PEN America's work. More
PEN America Signs Onto ACLS Statement on Campus Protests
“We are grateful for the opportunity to sign this ACLS statement. Preserving free expression on campus requires protecting the right to protest peacefully. Unfortunately, protecting this right has not… More
Proposed University of North Carolina Policy Change Would Chill Campus Speech, Says PEN America
Jeremy Young, Freedom to Learn program director at PEN America, wrote in the letter that while universities are free to adopt policies of institutional neutrality, UNC’s vague language and… More
The State of Book Bans: South Carolina Is Poised to Get Worse
If the South Carolina legislators pushing these regulations paid attention, they’d see that creating further pathways to remove books has consistently been a disaster. More
Authorities Must Stop Harassment and Arbitrary Detention of Writers and Artists
Artists at Risk Connection (ARC) expresses concern over the increasing use of detentions, threats, and summonses by Cuban authorities against writers, journalists, and artists. More
How journalists can combat political disinformation in a world of echo chambers and deepfakes
The National Press Club Journalism Institute hosted a conversation between journalists and experts who laid out the scope of the disinformation problem. More
Book Banners Take the Fight to Public Libraries
Libraries are curated by sensible systems to help patrons access books that are best suited for their age, interests, information needs, etc. More