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Ruins

Trace the journey that a Monarch butterfly endures on its annual migration from Canada to Mexico in Peter Kuper's graphic narrative. More

Two Poems by Erica Hunt

Here a thousand birds dispute / the fresh blood on the sidewalk / the battle line, how it was drawn / how the sides were chosen / had there… More

Free Expression Digest: Wed., January 20

Swedish activist 'confesses' on Chinese television, Amal Clooney offers to take Azerbaijani journalist's case, Canada says it will not grant citizenship to imprisoned Saudi blogger. More

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PEN Award for Poetry in Translation PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction, Founded by Barbara Kingsolver PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award PEN/Edward and… More

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The PEN Ten with Janet Peery

I would caution us to refrain from spending too much time in articulating [writers'] collective purpose for fear of leaching the blood out of the “uncontrollable mystery on the… More