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Over One Hundred Poets Rally with PEN in Support of Iranian Colleagues
Pinsky, Rankine, and more urge Ayatollah to halt flogging of poets convicted for their work NEW YORK—More than one hundred of the most prominent names in poetry, including Robert Pinsky,… More
PEN Outraged by New Attacks on Bangladeshi Bloggers and Publishers
PEN American Center expresses outrage at a spate of religiously motivated attacks on October 31 that left a Bangladeshi publisher hacked to death and three others wounded in two… More
Santa Rita de los Imposibles
He wanted to die in American pants, he chose what to him was an American brand, he wanted to die in Diesel jeans. More
Poets Rally for Iranian Colleagues
We the undersigned poets join with PEN American Center to appeal for the immediate nullification of the sentences given to poets Fatemeh Ekhtesari and Mehdi Mousavi. More
Free Expression Daily Digest: Fri., October 30
UK police cite terrorism to seize BBC laptop, writer released in Tibet, and librarian facing 5 years in Russia. More
Remembering Vera B. Williams: A Tribute
Friends, writers, and illustrators pay tribute to the longtime former chair of PEN's CYAB Committee and much beloved children's book writer and illustrator. More
Capturing the Hurt: On Translating Kazuki Kaneshiro
Kazuki Kaneshiro has resisted the category of “Zainichi writer” in Japan, and insists that his ethnic Korean heritage is but a small, and not defining, part of his identity. More
Free Expression Daily Digest: Thurs., October 29
Blogger Raif Badawi gets Sakharov Prize, BBC journalist's laptop seized, and 155 Ghanaian journalists call for sanctions against presidential aide. More
Free Expression Daily Digest: Wed., October 28
Maldivian news site hacked, Police raid Turkish media group, and Romanian press freedom remains elusive. More