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2017 PEN America Literary Awards Celebrate Books that Transcend Borders
CONTACT Literary Awards: [email protected] Sarah Edkins, Director of Communications: +1.646.779.4830, [email protected] NEW YORK--PEN America today announced the winners of its 2017 Literary Awards, including playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney, whose life… More
The PEN Ten with Cameron Awkward-Rich
I do think, now, that making space for ourselves in indifferent, hostile worlds is the most daring thing we can do. More
65 Leading Writers Call on Trump to Halt Visa Ban
Sixty of the most prominent names in literature have sent a joint letter with PEN America to President Donald Trump today, urging him not to impose a new immigration… More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Trump defends his comments about immigration in Sweden, police in Sri Lanka arrest intelligence officers over journalist killing, and more. More
Writers Urge Trump to Reconsider Immigration Ban
Writers and artists join PEN America in calling on President Trump to rescind his Executive Order on immigration, and refrain from introducing any measure that impairs freedom of movement… More
DARE To Be Informed
Trump's press conference runs wild, author Ahmed Naji reflects on his time in prison, journalists find new energy in their battles with Trump, and more. More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Trump holds a bizarre press conference, Twitter's worrisome new censorship tools, Turkish satirical magazine shut down over Moses cartoon, and more. More
PEN World Voices Festival: Gender and Power
New York, NY (February 16, 2017) –The thirteenth annual PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature will focus its lens on today’s fractious relationship between gender and power. Taking… More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Trump continues to take questions only from friendly outlets, Ahmed Naji speaks on his imprisonment, movie studio creates fake news, and more. More
from Embraces the carrion
In Istanbul, you say, they took the dogs from the streets / Brought them to islands. / Then they took down the oldest Roma neighborhood to build houses Byzantine… More