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III. Roster of Current Trustees
Board of Trustees 2014-2015 (As of December 2014) Officers Peter Godwin, President John Troubh, Executive Vice-President Jeri Laber, Vice-President Joanne Leedom-Ackerman, Vice-President Annette Tapert, Vice-President John Oakes, Treasurer Theresa Rebeck, Secretary Suzanne Nossel, Executive… More
II. 2015: Biographies of Candidates to be Elected or Reelected to the Board of Trustees
OFFICER CANDIDATES For President: Andrew SolomonNon-Fiction Author Andrew Solomon is a writer and lecturer on politics, culture and psychology, and a Professor of Clinical Psychology at Columbia University.Solomon's newest book, Far… More
Chistopol Notebook
Though Tarkovsky is one of Russia's greatest poets of the twentieth century—on the ranks with Mandelstam, Akhmatova, and Brodsky—he remains little-known in the West. Philip Metres's and Dimitri Psurtsev's… More
The Language of King David: On Translating Arseny Tarkovsky
"In his poetic and spiritual freedom, Tarkovsky outlasted the slag and dross of totalitarianism. His poetry is the internal cinema of the Soviet era, an unscrolling testimony of the… More
PEN Cheers Release of The Interview
We commend Sony and independent theater owners for standing up to thuggery in defense of free expression. Their actions send a strong message that threats of violence will not… More
I. 2015: Slate of Candidates Offered by Nominating Committee
Officer Trustees President: Andrew Solomon Executive Vice-President/Treasurer: John TroubhVice-President: Annette Tapert Term Trustees (second 3-year terms) Jeri LaberJacob Weisberg Term Trustees (initial 3-year terms) Masha GessenBarbara GoldsmithTom HealyPaul MuldoonMichael PietschLaura Sillerman Please note:… More
The PEN Ten with Matt Gallagher
"My project is influenced and informed by my own experiences in Iraq, but I've learned the most by reading accounts by journalists, civilians, and soldiers who were there before… More
Rushdie, Serra, Kushner & Others Join PEN Trustees to Urge Sony Pictures to Distribute The Interview
PEN offers to host a public screening of the film. More
Open Letter to Michael Lynton, Sony Pictures Entertainment Chairman and CEO re: The Interview
If the decision to pull The Interview from all platforms stands, it will represent a lasting blow for free expression, emboldening would-be censors the world over. Impoverishing creative freedom,… More
Myanmar: Press Corps Move Insufficient
This week’s announcement that independent media will be invited to participate in a “press corps” that would be allowed access to the presidency and the right to cover public… More
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