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Dance Card
My mother’s name is written on the second page of the book: María Victoria Ávalos Flores. A somewhat hasty examination of the handwriting leads me to the improbable conclusion… More
International Women’s Day: Today and Every Day
She sits at her desk, reading lamp above her, smoking a cigarette as she reads through handwritten lines of poetry. She is Liu Xia.March 8 is International Women’s Day,… More
Mounting Concerns for the Health of Writers and Activists Dinh Dang Dinh, Nguyen Van Ly, and Nguyen Huu Cau
PEN is gravely concerned for the health of blogger Dinh Dang Dinh, who is suffering from end-stage stomach cancer and was transferred to hospital on February 15, 2014. PEN… More
PEN Speaks Out Against Prosecution of Journalist Barrett Brown
A prosecutor filed to dismiss 11 charges against Barrett Brown, safeguarding the use of hyperlinks to share information--for now. More
Everybody is Looking for Somebody Like You
The Golden Deer. The city would rise around him like glass, a sparkling labyrinth that he was finally at the center of, like those men who stepped out of… More
Bon Voyage to Guest Poetry Editors Shane McCrae, Maggie Nelson, and C.D. Wright
PEN bids goodbye to guest poetry editors. More
Lessons for Writers from RightsCon
Human rights activists, technologists, corporations, and foundations came together this week in San Francisco at RightsCon, the leading U.S. conference on human rights and technology. PEN American Center joined… More
Two More Murders of Journalists Highlight Need for Effective Measures to End Impunity
Last month, two more journalists were found murdered in Mexico, a country infamous for attacks on the press. PEN International released the following statement on their deaths and the… More
Betrayal–Past–Tony
I met Tony when I was nineteen. I was wild-eyed and wide open, looking for love and finding nothing but one night stands in the back seats of random… More
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