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Three Poems by Montreux Rotholtz
like a smashed stone fruit, our meeting was / disgusting and all take. More
The PEN Ten with Shya Scanlon
Unfortunately, too little progress has been made, globally, since Solzhenitsyn smuggled his Nobel acceptance speech out of the Soviet Union as negatives in a tape deck in 1970. Even… More
Kazakh Poet Aron Atabek Out of Solitary Confinement; Still No Contact With Family
PEN International welcomes the news that the Kazakh poet Aron Atabek has been removed from solitary confinement, but remains concerned that his family has still not had any contact… More
Imprisoned Pussy Riot Member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova’s Location Unknown
PEN is extremely concerned for the well-being of imprisoned Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, whose current whereabouts have not been disclosed by the Russian authorities. More
The Forest Unseen
Indeed, the truth of the forest may be more clearly and vividly revealed by the contemplation of a small area than it could be by donning ten-league boots, covering… More
On Third Attempt, PEN Member Ilija Trojanow Permitted into U.S.
PEN American Center learned today that Bulgarian-German writer and PEN member Ilija Trojanow has arrived safely in New York on a U.S. Visa to speak at the Goethe Institut’s… More
Poet’s Sentence Upheld on Appeal
PEN continues to protest the detention of poet Mohammed Ibn al-Dheeb al-Ajami, whose 15-year sentence for “criticizing the ruler” and “inciting the overthrow of the ruling system” was upheld… More
The Day We Pack Our Bags
One day, I received a letter saying that yoga was a false form of spirituality and that all activity associated with yoga must be stopped... More
Behind the Beautiful Forevers
It was the moment of the intimate and the familial, before the great pursuit of the small market niche got under way. More
PEN Sierra Leone Expresses Grave Concern Over Arrests of Journalists
The Managing Editor of The Independent Observer Newspaper, Jonathan Leigh, and the Editor, Bai Bai Sesay, were rejected bail on Wednesday October, 29 2013 when they made their second… More
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