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PEN America Launches the Online Abuse Defense Manual in French
The literary and free expression group PEN America, in partnership with Code for Africa (CfA) and PesaCheck, today launched the Manuel de défense contre le cyberharcèlement, a French-language Manual… More
The PEN Pod: Reflecting on the Impacts of Hurricane Maria with Ricia Chansky and Zaira Arvelo Alicea
“These are the stories that are missing. . . . How did people, when there was no help coming, how did people gather together to care for each other,… More
The PEN Pod: On Our Gala, Free Speech in Higher Ed, and Facebook Algorithms with Suzanne Nossel
“Nurturing the community in that way, creating these opportunities to get together, we see as part of our role at PEN America, and we were glad to be able… More
Suspending Student Group Over Anti-Chinese Government Stickers “Grave Misstep”
According to reports, Emerson College this month launched an investigation of their campus chapter of the conservative student group, Turning Point USA, after the group created and distributed stickers with… More
PEN America Decries Shutdown of Tunisian TV Station Over Critical Poem
Tunisian government officials this week shut down a television station after a host read aloud a poem critical of dictatorship. More
PEN America Overjoyed to See Two Defenders of the Freedom to Write Receive Nobel Peace Prize
The free expression and writers' organization PEN America today welcomed the news that journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov will receive the Nobel Peace Prize. More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Arnold Lehman
“I do believe that American museums continue to present exhibitions and programs that approach and challenge the status quo.” More
PEN America Issues Urgent Call to Release Hunger Striking Cuban Artist
PEN America and PEN International today issued their pressing concern over the health of imprisoned Cuban artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara. More
PEN America Literary Gala Makes Energizing In-Person Return, Celebrating Bold Voices in Literature, Journalism, and Free Expression
Literary New York stood resurrected last night after an 18-month pause at PEN America’s 2021 Literary Gala, an evening celebrating luminaries who lend their voices to clarion calls for… More
Ayad Akhtar’s Remarks at the 2021 PEN America Literary Gala
“Reading, of course, is an individual act, but a culture that fosters reading and one that supports writers, invariably compels us to presence, to protest, to celebration.” More