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Those Other Nurses
What starts as a memory riff on the kind of punning coincidence that puts the very sleep-deprived into giggle fits … evolves into a powerful meditation on where we… More
The PEN Ten with Camille Rankine
I like to hear stories from worlds that aren't my own. Sometimes, when I'm listening, a phrase floats into the air and everything else gets quiet, and it's like… More
2016 Literary Gala Remarks
May 16, 2016 American Museum of Natural History, New York City Welcome Remarks Andrew Solomon, PEN President Welcome from 2016 Publisher Honoree Michael Pietsch, CEO, Hachette Book Group Presentation of the 2016… More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Famous writers move to resist Trump, Apple pulls New York Times app at the request of Chinese censors, and more. More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Famous writers move to resist Trump, Apple pulls New York Times app at the request of Chinese censors, and more. More
January Featured Cases: Writers Under Threat in Turkey
In a small initial victory for free expression, prominent writer and journalist Asli Erdoğan and distinguished translator Necmiye Alpay were granted a provisional release from detention after spending more… More
Hachette Book Group Membership
“MEMBERS OF PEN pledge themselves to do their utmost to dispel race, class, and national hatreds and to champion the ideal of one humanity living in peace in the… More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
NAACP chief is arrested in an act of civil disobedience, peacefully occupying Senator Jeff Sessions Alabama office to protest his Attorney General nomination. Not wanting their spectacles recorded for… More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
NAACP chief is arrested in an act of civil disobedience, peacefully occupying Senator Jeff Sessions Alabama office to protest his Attorney General nomination. Not wanting their spectacles recorded for… More
Public Works
It was an election year. The switchboards flickered with stars in their / universe of calls. Of all places, a public park. The workers had begun / to dig,… More