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Crimes of the Past, Crimes of the Future

A painting of Nativí is on the door to Oliva’s office, one of several memorials on the premises to the disappeared and the dead. She tells us that COFADEH… More

A Kentucky of Mothers

God my poor real mom she would have died. // But people say her eyes contain a twinkle they believe in. When they see it they don't need a… More

King, Obama, and Surveillance Today

As we celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, it’s worth remembering not only King’s activism but also the actions by our own government to suppress his vision.FBI Director J.… More

Coetzee, Grunberg, Liao Speak Out Against Surveillance

PEN American Center joins Nobel Laureate J.M. Coetzee, award-winning Dutch novelist Arnon Grunberg, and exiled Chinese writer Liao Yiwu in expressing profound disappointment today at the limited reach of… More

V. 2013: Submission of an Alternate Slate .

SUBMISSION OF AN ALTERNATE SLATEFor regulations governing submission of an alternate slate, the by-laws, Article IV, Section 5, state:“[In] accordance with a regular calendar and procedure adopted by the… More

IV. PROCEDURE FOR ELECTION

PROCEDURE FOR ELECTION1) The Nominating Committee will propose to the membership a slate of candidates for 2014 by email.* Members will have approximately six weeks in which to consider the… More

III. ROSTER OF CURRENT BOARD

  Board of Trustees 2013-2014 (December 2013) Officers Peter Godwin, President John Troubh, Executive Vice-President Jeri Laber, Vice-President Victoria Redel, Vice-President John Oakes, Treasurer Elinor Lipman, Secretary Suzanne Nossel, Executive Director Trustees Cara Benson Susan Bernofsky Edward Burlingame Roxanne Donovan Jennifer Egan Nathan Englander Morgan Entrekin Jeanmarie Fenrich Wendy… More

II. BIOGRAPHIES OF CANDIDATES

Peter Godwin, PEN PresidentAuthor/Journalist2010 Guggenheim fellow Peter Godwin is an award winning foreign correspondent, author, documentary filmmaker, and screenwriter. Born and raised in Africa, Godwin studied law at Cambridge… More

Two Poets Released

PEN International and Freemuse welcome the release on bail of poets and lyricists Fatemeh Ekhtesari and Mehdi Moosavi on January 14, 2013. More