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from IRL by Tommy Pico

Yr a garbage / person if you can’t / take a good photo, / is the underlying mess- / age of “gay” “culture” / in Brooklyn The concept /… More

Free Expression Digest: Wed., April 13

Syrian journalist attacked by IS in Turkey dies, Gay Russian journalist stabbed to death, EU privacy watchdogs raise concerns over U.S. data pact. More

Free Expression Daily Digest: Tues., April 12

Free Expression Daily Digest: Tues., April 12PEN's Free Expression Digest brings you a daily curated round-up of the most important free expression-related stories from around the web. Please send… More

The PEN Ten with Guillermo Gómez-Peña

"Artists and writers have envisioned parallel universes in which our contemporaries can engage in meaningful forms of freedom and creativity. In this sense, true democracy can only exist in… More