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PEN Mourns Attacks in Paris, Beirut
NEW YORK—At PEN, our heavy hearts today are with Paris and Beirut in deepest condolence and solidarity after the horrific attacks that together took the lives of more than… More
HONDURAS: PEN member Julio Ernesto Alvarado banned from working as journalist
5 November marked one year since the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) ordered the Honduran state to suspend a 16-month work ban on journalist and PEN Honduras member… More
November Featured Cases: Honoring the Day of the Imprisoned Writer
PEN American Center honors the Day of the Imprisoned Writer on November 15 by featuring three cases from around the world that represent the dire situation imprisoned writers face. More
Free Expression Digest: Fri., November 13
U.S. makes most requests for Facebook user data, Raif Badawi in poor health, New law limits journalist ability to cover Malaysian parliament. More
Myanmar: Poet’s Arrest Signals Deteriorating Tolerance for Online Satire & Free Expression
The arrest of a poet on charges of insulting the president of Myanmar points to both the government’s low tolerance for satire as a form of creative expression and… More
My Life, I Lapped it Up: On Translating the Poetry of Edoardo Sanguineti
Untitled, lowercased, long-lined, the poems in Reisebilder resemble pages in a flipbook, detailing brief encounters in restaurants, museums and hotel rooms. More
Free Expression Digest: Thurs., November 12
Malaysian cartoon ban lifted, Campus protests: Who is entitled to be heard?, and an Azerbaijani activist is released from jail. More
The Selected Poems of Edoardo Sanguineti
The first comprehensive English translation of one of post-war Italy’s most important poets. Edoardo Sanguineti’s oeuvre spans the avant garde of the early '60s to the more introspective romanticism… More
Free Expression Digest: Wed., November 11
Kenyan journalist detained, Details emerge over Serbian reporter's murder, and a court rules against NSA phone data collection. More
Bee Alliance
this day was meant for something else / burn the barn / horses hate them / fuck the barn / fuck the rancher and his barbed wire / shake… More