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2014 Opening Letter
Dear Friends,Ten years ago, in 2004, Salman Rushdie, then President of the PEN American Center, had the idea of initiating an international literature festival in New York City—something which… More
How to Circumvent the Twitter Blockade
The same day PEN announced that Dick Costolo, CEO of Twitter, will be awarded the inaugural PEN/Toni and James C. Goodale Digital Freedom Award, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan… More
2015 World Voices Sponsors
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May 5th PEN Literary Gala Honors Salman Rushdie with PEN/Allen Foundation Literary Service Award
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo to Receive Inaugural PEN/Toni and James C. Goodale Digital Freedom Award More
A Letter from PEN
Dear Friends, Ten years ago, in 2004, Salman Rushdie, then President of the PEN American Center, had the idea of initiating an international literature festival in New York City –… More
A Procession of Confessions
Performance ensemble Processional Arts Workshop is calling for participants to stage a Procession of Confessions. Amidst ongoing revelations about the extent of clandestine surveillance, the Procession of Confessions provides… More
Why Writers Should Fight For Net Neutrality
Net neutrality may be a bland term, but it's still worth fighting for if you're a writer. Why PEN has joined the struggle. More
Poet Omar Hazek Imprisoned
PEN protests the two-year prison sentence handed to Egyptian poet Omar Hazek, who has been held in custody since his arrest in early December 2013 for taking part in… More
Three Poems by Soren Stockman
My lust comes home. Two skeletons / that cannot possibly speak, and don’t, / do not, as I comfort her. The silver buttons on her dress / mellifluous.… More
The PEN Ten with T Cooper
I was at dinner with my folks the other night, and my dad was telling me about a time I was about five, and we were in another country,… More
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