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The Self-Deceptions of Empire
David Bromwich is finalist for the 2015 PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay for the collection Moral Imagination, which explores the importance of imagination and sympathy in… More
By Way of a Preface
This ode to the essay is from Charles D'Ambrosio's Loitering: New and Collected Essays, a finalist for the 2015 PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay. More
Free Expression Digest: Thurs., July 30
Egypt delays verdict for three Al-Jazeera journalists, Khadija Ismayilova wins prestigious award, UK denies long-term visa for Ai Weiwei, and more... More
Three Essays from Limber
Limber is a collection of essays which chart the world's history through its trees and a finalist for the 2015 PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay. More
The Empathy Exams
The title essay of Leslie Jamison's The Empathy Exams, a finalist for the 2015 PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay. More
The Twisted Art of Documentary
Read an essay from Ian Buruma's Theater of Cruelty, winner of the 2015 PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay. More
Free Expression Digest: Weds., July 29
Gao Yu's health deteriorates, Taiwanese journalists arrested, Moroccan satirist Ali Lmrabet's passport renewed, and more... More
Two Poems by Karen An-hwei Lee
In exile from circles of protest on the square. / In exile from an oxymoron spotlighted above. / In exile from the neo-alphabet of a first love. / In… More
Jaunary 2016 PEN America Free Expression Program Internship – Russian Language Skills Required
PEN American Center is seeking an intern to focus on a program for Russian writers for the period September-December 2015. More
The PEN Ten with John Branch
"As a newspaper reporter, I'm quite used to being called names. You may have heard that we're not the most popular people." More