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PEN Protests Action Against Russian PEN Center
PEN American Center expressed alarm today that a Russian court has frozen all assets of the Russian PEN Center under allegations that the organization failed to pay land tax.… More
Q&A with Hanna Jansen
When I was three, we moved to where my father’s job was and where I grew up. The war had destroyed the city almost completely, and we lived on… More
On Faith & Reason
But there outside, in the glow of the sinking sun, Sister Cécile sits on the doorstep of the hut and with her smile caresses the vacant stares of the children. Her arms… More
Navid Kermani on Faith & Reason
Moritz Pollesch has a friend called Albrecht, who claims he is going to kill his nine-year-old son within two to three years. Although Moritz cannot imagine Albrecht would be… More
PEN Goes to Court to Challenge Patriot Act Exclusions of Foreign Scholars
PEN American Center has joined two national academic associations and the ACLU in filing a lawsuit challenging a Patriot Act provision that the government has used to bar prominent… More
Campaign for Reader Privacy Sends Open Letter to Congress
PEN joined organizations representing booksellers, librarians, publishers, and writers today in delivering a letter to members of the House and Senate urging them not to re-authorize the sections of… More
PEN, Rushdie: Extend Pamuk Victory to Other Turkish Writers
PEN, the international association of writers, welcomed the news today that Turkish prosecutors will not proceed with a court case against novelist Orhan Pamuk, but cautioned that more than… More
On Faith & Reason
The VisitWhen I looked up from my blank pagethere was an angel in the room.A rather commonplace angel,presumably of lower rank.You cannot imagine, he said,the degree to which you’re… More
Transmigration of Souls
Transmigration of SoulsIt's hard for you to believe in reincarnationbut you're willing to try,considering the alternative.If only someone would explainwhere the souls are, in a city or a townor… More
Conversation With Noah
– If all those people must be flooded, is it not fair that they be warned?– The calamity itself is the warning.– Then your god is acting rashly.– What… More
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