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The Blood of Love

If memory is all that can be kept of the past, how might it be kept alive? And if there is no life we can see beyond this one,… More

from L’Heure Bleue

When I say what I think, / someone always tells me they agree / or disagree, which ruins / the thought for me . . . // There’s a… More

Dear President Putin

Over 200 writers from across the globe have joined PEN in calling for the repeal of punitive new laws that severely restrict freedom of expression in Russia. In an… More

Cavafy Before He Was Cavafy

Why do they insist on remembering us as old men? The profile frowning on the plaque or the statue standing regally in the park almost inevitably depict the vanished… More

The PEN Ten with emily m. danforth

I fear that it sounds too nicey-nice, too passive, which isn’t my intention—writers can and should agitate and expose and upset. But I still think there’s something there in… More

The ‘Enemy Within’

A Gay Russian Writer Talks with PEN International's Cathal Sheerin about Homophobia and Libel under Putin More