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The PEN Ten with Andrew Malan Milward
"That’s one of the interesting ironies of being a writer: It’s something you do in isolation and yet it’s something that connects to and unites, not only other writers… More
[In Chinese] Dear President Xi: A Message from America’s Writers
The Chinese translation of our letter to President Xi Jinping. More
Free Expression Daily Digest: Mon., September 21
Speaking for Chinese dissidents, suspects in Filipino journalist murder arrested, and a Turkish lawyer and columnist has been detained. More
Free Expression Daily Digest: Fri., September 18
PEN appeals to Xi Jinping, more Azeri reporters detained, and Egypt bans coverage of attack on Mexican tourists. More
Azerbaijan: Sport for Rights and PEN Call for Release of Detained Journalist, End to Pressure against Independent Media
The Sport for Rights Coalition condemns the Azerbaijani authorities’ extensive pressure against the staff of independent online television station Meydan TV, as part of a wider unprecedented crackdown on… More
September Bronx Writers Center Dispatch: Orlando Ferrand
Writer, artist, and PEN member Orlando Ferrand reflects on his tumultuous adolescence in Cuba, where politics and sex made uneasy bedfellows. More
PEN Expert Available on Xi Jinping Visit
Suzanne Nossel, Executive Director of PEN American Center, is available for comment on the State Visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to the U.S. (September 23-28, 2015):Suzanne Nossel is… More
Auster, Franzen, Egan, and More to Xi Jinping on Eve of State Visit: Free China’s Jailed Writers
NEW YORK—As President Obama prepares to welcome Xi Jinping on his first official visit to the United States next week, PEN American Center has released an open letter to… More
Absurdity ad Absurdum: On Translating Gaston de Pawlowski
Written amidst the depths of World War I and society's growing faith in science, Pawlowski's absurdities are an elegant, far-sighted critique of the church of innovation. More
New Inventions and the Latest Innovations
Published in French in 1916, Gaston de Pawlowski’s book is a catalog of absurd imaginary gadgets and “improvements,” and an early satire on consumer society and the cult of… More
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