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Prime Minister Lodges Defamation Complaint Against Prominent Journalist
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has lodged a complaint with the public prosecutor's office alleging that writer, journalist, and documentary filmmaker Can Dündar defamed him in an article for… More
Keeping Writers Safe Online: An Interview with the Tor Project
Tor is one of the foremost tools to support digital safety for writers. We spoke with Andrew Lewman, executive director of the Tor Project, about anonymity, encryption, and the… More
On the Edge: Grief
Has anyone ever stopped grieving by devastating another’s life? What is the fantasy, the conceit, at work in such an act? Perhaps the wager is that this I, in… More
PEN / Guernica at Lit Crawl NYC – 5/17
In celebration of the PEN/Guernica Flash Fiction Series, join our writers, staffers, and editors from both organizations for a co-curated evening of literary debauchery. We’ll be the second stop… More
The Power of Words: Acceptance of the 2014 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award
Thank you very much for the honor that you’re granting to my father this evening. Thank you too for giving me the opportunity to stand here in his place… More
Three Portraits: Artistic Process at World Voices Festival
We asked writer and artist Kate Gavino to capture a few of her favorite moments from this year’s World Voices Festival. Martin Amis, Michael Stipe, and Salman Rushdie… we… More
Renewed Crackdown on Writers and Journalists Ahead of 25th Anniversary of Tiananmen Protests
Five prominent dissident writers arrested for taking part in events to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the crackdown on the 1989 pro-democracy protests should be released immediately and unconditionally,… More
Putin’s New Assault on Digital Freedom
The president of Russia signed a new controversial law requiring bloggers to register if they receive more than 3,000 unique views. Grigory Pasko, member of PEN Russia, responds. More
Trance Notebook #15
what is a prime, / anyway? // and why did I already / feel past my prime when / I was seven years old? More
Longlists Announced for the 2014 PEN Literary Awards
This is the first year that PEN is releasing the longlisted titles of its book awards while also celebrating the many distinugished awards judges who nominated them. More
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