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A Brief Account of Several Art Events and Other Horrifying Experiences
Have you noticed how all the Mexican poets now / have their little poem about the violence? No? You don’t / read poetry? More
Free Expression International Partnerships Manager
Application Deadline: Until FilledPEN America—a 4,400-plus-strong literary membership organization focused on advancing freedom of expression worldwide—seeks a skilled and energetic professional to implement programs and advocacy supporting our global… More
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Free Expression Digest: Mon. March 28
Missing Chinese journalist released from custody, Security bars journalist from traveling in Sudan, Turkey's Erdogan warns diplomat over 'selfie' taken at the trial of 2 journalists. More
The Book Report: Jeff Shotts
"Contemporary American poetry is experiencing an extraordinary wave of first books that are expanding our conceptions of what poetry is and what it means to be human." More
Rain: A Natural and Cultural History
"Rain and two more of its wondrous pride—clouds and rainbows—have inspired writers, painters, and poets for thousands of years. Homer’s Iliad is thick with clouds, as is much of… More
Thunder and Lightning: Weather, Past, Present, Future
Lauren Redniss is the winner of the 2016 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award for Thunder and Lightning: Weather, Past, Present, Future. More
Island on Fire: The Extraordinary Story of a Forgotten Volcano That Changed the World
"Laki spewed out more sulfur dioxide—about 122 million tons of it—than any other eruption in the past 1,000 years. That’s more than enough to wreak climate havoc well beyond… More
The Boy Who Played with Fusion: Extreme Science, Extreme Parenting, and How to Make a Star
"Instead of instinctively doing what most parents would regard as common sense—keeping their child away from things that could kill him—Tiffany and Kenneth shifted to what was essentially a… More
The End of Plenty: The Race to Feed a Crowded World
"If everyone in the world ate as much meat as Americans do (176 pounds per person per year), we’d need to find another planet to raise the feed and… More
Free Expression Digest: Fri. March 25
Chinese activist in N.Y. says Beijing officials 'abducted' his parents and brother, journalist arrested over 'inflammatory' WhatsApp message, and more More
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