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The PEN Ten with Philip Metres
"I think we Americans have to flip the question and ask, in what ways are we ourselves in a condition of carceral submission, surveilled and made docile? How much… More
The Centaur’s Son
As I lay in my crib, sleeping only three crow miles away in another small sandstone farmhouse was a 15-year-old boy who was dreaming of graduating from high school… More
Free Expression Digest: Mon., December 7
Azerbaijan urged to free investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova, France looks to block public Wi-Fi, South Korean government reacts to foreign coverage. More
The World Voices Book of Prayer and Meditation
The World Voices Book of Prayer and Meditation is a pocket-size book of prayers for our times commissioned for… More
The Virgo Thing
New Illustrated PEN guest editor Robert Kirby examines the trials and tribulations of being a Virgo. More
One Year On: Khadija Ismayilova’s Unjust Arrest and Sham Trial
December 5 marks one year since Azeri investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova's arrest. The unjust sentence of 7.5 years in prison handed down to her was confirmed and upheld at… More
Despite Reform, Expression in Myanmar Still Not Free, According to New PEN Report
New report calls on Aung San Suu Kyi government to protect free speech as pillar of democracy. More
Mongolia’s Modernist Voice: On Translating Tseveendorjin Oidov
Tseveendorjin Oidov stands alone in the Mongolian literary scene as a poet who has for more than 40 years pursued his own path, apparently disinterested in the fashions of… More
The End of the Dark Era
Simon Wickhamsmith is the recipient of a 2015 PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grant for his translation of a collection of poems by Mongolian poet Tseveendorjin Oidov. More
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