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DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Berkeley cancels campus speech by conservative media personality Ann Coulter, Fox ousts talk show host Bill O'Reilly, and more. More
Clare Beams: “The NEA Lit Everything Up for Me”
The NEA directly changed my life—or the writer part of it, anyway. My book would not exist without it. More
Dorothy Gilbert: “The Life of a Great Nation is Sustained By Its Cultural Activities”
I have over the years attended two NEH seminars. They were invaluable, too, for the opportunities to work and learn and share, for the collegiality and camaraderie. More
PEN America Calls On Berkeley to Ensure Speech is Not Shut Down
In response to a decision by the University of California at Berkeley to cancel a planned appearance by conservative provocateur Ann Coulter, PEN America Executive Director Suzanne Nossel called… More
BURTON WATSON (1925 – 2017)
Burton Watson, the great translator of classical Chinese and Japanese literature and recipient of the 2015 PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation, passed away in Japan earlier this month at the… More
MYANMAR: PEN America Demands Immediate Investigation into Murder of News Editor Wai Yan Heinn
The murder of news editor Wai Yan Heinn in Myanmar, a country notorious for its climate of impunity in attacks on journalists, demands an immediate and thorough investigation. More
Questions From My Mixed-Race Son
Who taught him to dance? What is the Jackson Five? Is his skin like my skin? Is his hair like my hair? More
Membership Internship
Summer 2017 PEN America Membership Internship PEN America seeks membership interns to work closely with the Senior Membership Manager. Interns will gain an overview of the literary and publishing communities… More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
A woman is suing the man behind a surge of troll attacks on her and her family, the Chief of the DHS says congressional critics should shut up, and… More
Two Poems by Francis Ponge
(These are the pear-trees that are given to you in today’s human terms.) Look how the pear-trees want to say themselves today. More