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Recommended Reading: Poetry in Translation
From Japanese, Greek, Russian, German, and more, these translators have turned a foreign language into an understandable one for lovers of poetry to get in touch with faraway cultures.… More
Three Wishes
Three WishesI have a dream for my family.My two sisters and my brother did not go to school, and I wish they could have had an education. Now I… More
PEN Condemns Anti-Gay Censorship at Moscow International Open Book Festival
Russia’s growing portfolio of discriminatory censorship laws threatens to erode Russia’s historically rich literary culture. More
Privacy Policy: The Anthology of Surveillance Poetics
Little has changed since the turbulent summer of 2013, and the issue of surveillance remains an unsolved and chilling mystery. These four poems wrestle with the ethics of observation,… More
Eight Poems by Sara Deniz Akant
a horse / cries through the fog. / the little lion balconies / did stoop before his loss. More
Mexico: Third Journalist Murdered This Year
PEN International joins PEN Mexico in protesting the murder of journalist Jorge Torres Palacios, found dead on June 2, 2014. PEN calls on the authorities to carry out a… More
The PEN Ten with Michele Zackheim
If I write with a broad-brush stroke of transparent watercolor over a difficult, perhaps ugly portrait, I must be responsible about what I write, and not muddy the truth.… More
Molding the Violent Passion
Thai poet Mainueng K. Kunthee was shot and killed on April 23, 2014. He wrote his poem "Molding the Passion" in 2010 as the military started its ongoing crack… More
Poet Murdered; Concern Mounts for Safety of Writers
Six weeks after the murder of prominent "Red-Shirt" poet Mainueng K. Kunthee, who was shot dead on April 23, 2014, by unknown assailants, freedom of expression is severely… More
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