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Longlists Announced for the 2014 PEN Literary Awards
Last night, PEN American Center announced the longlists and judges for the 2014 PEN Literary Awards in the company of friends and supporters at the annual PEN Literary Gala. More
PEN World Voices 2014: Babette’s Feast 2.0
Amid the impressive and overwhelming lineup of this year’s PEN World Voices Festival, “Babette’s Feast 2.0: 101 Spring Street” stood out for its tantalizing premise. Who could resist the… More
African Writers Call for Release of Zone 9 Bloggers in Ethiopia
On the eve of Press Freedom Day, a group of African writers joined together at the PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature to call for the release of… More
Journalists and Bloggers Continue to Face Reprisals and Restrictions on World Press Freedom Day
On May 3 PEN International marks World Press Freedom Day, affirming the importance of freedom of expression and press freedom—a fundamental human right enshrined in Article 19 of the… More
2014 PEN World Voices: Image Gallery
body,td,th { font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; } a { font-size: 12px; color: #C30; } a:hover { color: #CC0033; } Monday, April 282:00pmReadings: Nine Plays from Five Continents 7:00pmOpening Night: On the EdgeTuesday, April 2910:00amWorkshop—Susan Choi on The Role of… More
2014 PEN World Voices: Video
Opening NightOpening Night PEN World Voices: Sofi Oksanen Opening Night of PEN World Voices: Salman RushdieOpening Night of PEN World Voices: Noam ChomskyOpening Night of PEN World Voices: Paul BermanOpening… More
PEN American Center Engages Twitter In Support of Ilham Tohti
As World Press Freedom Day approaches, PEN American Center has launched a Twitter campaign for Uyghur writer Ilham Tohti, founder of the Uyghur Online news website detained in China.… More
Ten Awesome Tweets on What #FreeExpressionIs
In the past week, hundreds of people have tweeted in PEN’s #FreeExpressionIs campaign for Ilham Tohti. Think you can do better? More
What We Talk About When We Talk Rot: Eileen Myles and an Obsession with Spoilage
By Emma Komlos-Hrobsky In her conversation with Mike Albo for the World Voices Festival’s Obsession series, Eileen Myles told this story about her lifelong fixation with spoilage: As a… More
Exclusive Preview of 2014 Literary Awards Longlists and Judges
On the evening of the 2014 PEN Literary Gala, PEN is offering an exlcusive preview of the 2014 Literary Awards longlists and judges.Click here to view the longlist preview… More
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