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Your Language My Ear 2023 Participants
Poets: Ahmad Almallah • Jean Day • Mónica de la Torre • Kay Gabriel • Eugene Ostashvesky • Sawako Nakayasu • Timmy Straw Translators: Luba Golburt • Igor Gulin • Yulia… More
Your Language My Ear 2022 Participants
Poets: Egana Dzhabbarova • Igor Gulin • Ruthie Jenrbekova • Maria Malinovskaya • Ramil Niyazov • Dinara Rasuleva • Konstantin Shavlovsky • Evgeniya Suslova • Ekaterina Zakharkiv • Sergey… More
Your Language My Ear Experts
Expert Group: Polina Barskova • Mark Lipovetsky • Lev Oborin • Kevin M. F. Platt • Polina Sadovskaya • Alexander Skidan • Matvei Yankelevich Read about Your Language My Ear… More
PEN America: Sweeping Ban on Drag Performances in Montana In Effect Criminalizes a Wide Range of Artistic Choices
Jonathan Friedman, director of PEN America’s Free Expression and Education Programs, said: “In their effort to censor drag and LGBTQ+ expression, Montana legislators have enacted a law that is… More
More Than Meets the DEI
Bills that purport to ban DEI initiatives on college campuses are currently in vogue in state legislatures. Their proponents describe them as straightforward “DEI bans.” More
Statement Signed by 57 PEN Centers Worldwide Calls for Release of Chinese Writer and Journalist Dong Yuyu
“We believe that Dong Yuyu is being unjustly detained in reprisal for his writing and interacting with foreign nationals to help inform his global views, in violation of his… More
Florida School District Pulls Amanda Gorman’s Widely-Praised “The Hill We Climb” from Library
“The Hill We Climb was widely praised after Amanda Gorman read it at President Biden’s inauguration. Today, access to the book has been limited for elementary students at a… More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Jane Wong
I think often of my familial ancestors and what trickled into me – were they poets too? More
PEN American Mourns the Passing of Author Martin Amis, a Devoted Member and Supporter
Nested in a community of fellow luminaries who were his peers and longtime friends, he helped animate the best of writerly New York and its atmosphere of candor, debate… More
PEN America Applauds Supreme Court Rulings to Protect Free Expression Online
Liz Woolery, PEN America’s digital policy lead, said: “The Supreme Court got it right today, issuing twin decisions that protect the right to free expression on the internet. As… More
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