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from Homegoing
Yaa Gyasi's HOMEGOING is a finalist for the 2017 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction. Read an excerpt from the novel. More
from Dark Money
Jane Mayer's DARK MONEY is a finalist for the 2017 PEN/Jean Stein Book Award. Read an excerpt from the book. More
from The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead's THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD is a finalist for the 2017 PEN/Jean Stein Book Award. Read an excerpt from the novel. More
from Known and Strange Things
Teju Cole's "Known and Strange Things" is a finalist for the 2017 PEN Jean/Stein Book Award. Here's an essay from the collection. More
White House Barring of Major Media Outlets “Does Grave Disservice to the American People”
The President’s worries over negative news coverage cannot outweigh his duty to the American people. More
HONDURAS: Concerns for the safety of journalist Jairo López following smear campaign
PEN is seriously concerned for the safety of PEN Honduras member and journalist Jairo López, who is facing threats following a smear campaign. López, who hosts the TV News… More
DARE To Be Informed
PEN America's take on the most pressing threats to free expression. More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Proposed regulations for protests run up against First Amendment concerns, a Danish man who burned the Quran is prosecuted for blasphemy, and more. More
Aleppo Mince
I wonder if in reality death is altogether commonplace, normal, and we are the ones who exaggerated it, made it into something extraordinary. More
from The Return
And the fathers must have known, having once themselves been sons, that the ghostly presence of their hand will remain throughout the years… More
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