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The Facebook Revolution
The revolution exposed the deep suffering of Egypt’s people. In a sense, the revolution didn’t bring chaos to the country, but an explosion of the people’s rage towards the… More
PEN Presses Turkey to Stop ‘Judicial Harrassment’ of Pınar Selek
The decision of an Istanbul court to proceed with the trial of Turkish sociologist and feminist Pınar Selek 16 years after the start of her legal ordeal is a… More
Sherman Alexie on Banned Books, Civil Liberties, and Masturbation
The bestselling author on surveillance, free expression, and--yes--masturbation in young adult literature. More
2014 PEN Poetry in Translation Award: Four Questions for the Winners
"For me, there’s something about that in-between genre—part diary, part poem, part letter to the world—that felt both fascinating and important." More
To Encounter Ocean Power
I can’t shake the image of young students—the gears of their minds at work—as they watch and take account, assess what it means to pull books from shelves, set… More
In Turkey, PEN to observe Pinar Selek’s hearing
Turkish sociologist Pinar Selek faces her fifth trial in 16 years More
What Captain Underpants Can Tell Us About Net Neutrality
PEN knows how the story about ending the open net goes: they're called banned books. More
The World’s Greatest Fisherman
She couldn’t help notice, when he paid up, that he had a good-sized wad of money in a red rubber band like the kind that holds bananas together in… More
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