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How to Break into Translation: A Report on the Bridge Series Panel
Lyn Miller-Lachmann reports on the first panel in the four-part Bridge Series on translation, co-sponsored by the Center for Fiction and PEN America. More
Truth and Solutions: Roundtable on Equity in Children’s and Young Adult Book Publishing
Part of The PEN Equity Project, Fatima Shaik, Cheryl Klein, Wade Hudson, Daniel José Older, Robie Harris, and Alvina Ling discuss equity in children's and young adult publishing. More
2016 PEN/Toni and James C. Goodale Freedom of Expression Courage Award: Lee-Anne Walters and Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha
At the 2016 PEN Literary Gala, Lee-Anne Walters and Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha of Flint, Michigan, will receive the 2016 PEN/Toni and James C. Goodale Freedom of Expression Courage Award, which was established in 2014 to… More
Free Expression Daily Digest: Thurs., Mar 3
Free Expression Daily Digest: Thurs., Mar 3PEN's Free Expression Digest brings you a daily curated round-up of the most important free expression-related stories from around the web. Subscribe here.… More
Equity in Publishing: A Resource Guide
*Part of PEN's new and ongoing initiative, The PEN Equity ProjectA reading list and resource guide concerning issues of universal narratives, tokenization, appropriation, privilege and bias… More
Equity: An Overview
A list of historical, political, and cultural resources on the way privilage and concious and unconcious bias function as a barrier to achieving equity for marginalized groups. More
Brazil: Arrest of Facebook Executive a Drastic and Unnecessary Measure
The arrest of a Facebook executive by Brazilian authorities over the inability of Whatsapp, a Facebook subsidiary, to hand over data it does not have is an egregious judicial… More
Free Expression Digest: Wed. Mar 2
Turkish journalist calls his release from jail a 'defeat' for Erdogan, Interviews with writers from Myamar, 30 Sudanese journalists launch country's biggest ever hunger strike. More
Two Poems by Robert Ostrom
What you are about to read is the snake-oil salesman’s last confession. / The salesman loves tar heel pie. / What you are about to read is the memoir… More
THE PEN EQUITY PROJECT
At PEN, we’ve been asking ourselves at what point does the publishing industry's perpetual and institutional exclusion of people of color from just about every facet of the creation,… More