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PEN at the UN Human Rights Council: Will China Listen?
In China, as we documented in The PEN Report: Creativity and Constraint in Today’s China, repression by the government is on the rise, and continues to grow in the… More
Sick and Tired of Dennis Rodman
I am tired of his body. I am tired of his body parts—those that are pierced, and those (few) that are not (yet) pierced. I am tired of his… More
PEN at the UN Human Rights Council: End Impunity for the Killing of Mexican Journalists
PEN will press Mexico at the UN Human Rights Council to provide better protection for journalists and writers, with 46 killed since 2006. More
A Naked Singularity
It means everything because sentencing like Physics and other sciences builds on what came before so that the worse your past was, the worse your present will be, and… More
Tyranny of Parents: Banning Shel Silverstein
Warning: What you are about to read contains profanity, vile, morbid, and anti-parent material, suggestive illustrations, subliminal messages that glorify Satan, suicide, cannibalism, disrespect for truth and legitimate authority,… More
Prominent Blogger and Human Rights Lawyer Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison
PEN protests the 30-month sentence and heavy fine that blogger and human rights lawyer Le Quoc Quan received for alleged tax evasion. More
Three Poems by Jennifer Kronovet
Victor is used to draw the timeline of the mind, proving we / must keep the children inside our forest of words to take / them from evidence—a boy… More
How Brave Are You?
What would you do if your neighbors faced annihilation? PEN's Freedom to Write Program Coordinator Sarah Hoffman on the Newbery Award-winning Number the Stars. More
The Shaman of Ice Cream
On Monday, September 23, 2013, Sherman Alexie participated in a live conversation with PEN America and Director of the Office of Intellectual Freedom at the ALA, Barbara Jones. This… More
Are Britons Private?
Executive Director of English PEN Jo Glanville speaks about British culture and PEN's landmark lawsuit fighting government surveillance in the UK. More