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Blogger Detained, His Lawyer Arrested After Tweets on Torture
PEN International is concerned by the detention of 24-year-old blogger Mohamed Hasan, who has been held since his arrest on July 31, 2013, apparently in connection with his alleged… More
PEN Criticizes Turkey’s Ergenekon Convictions
On Monday, August 5, 2013, the Istanbul Heavy Penal Court No. 13 decided the fates of 275 individuals who were accused of being part of a coup plot against… More
2013 PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award for a Playwright in Midcareer
WinnersKirsten GreenidgeThe PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Awards recognize a master American dramatist and an American playwright in mid-career, both of whose literary achievements are vividly apparent in… More
Strengthening Ties with PEN Haiti
A PEN Member's visit to PEN Haiti is one of many new exciting collaborations to come with the burgeoning center. More
In My House It is Not a House: An American Poet visits PEN Haiti
PEN member Harriet Levin Millan writes about her inspiring visit to PEN Haiti's new House of Literature, where she held poetry workshops with Haitian and American youth. More
Death by Dominoes
The maximum-security prison was a depraved place, a hermetic kingdom of the damned, haunted by its own terrible spirit. It was a hulking brute of a building, stout as… More
Editor Raif Badawi Sentenced to Long Prison Term
PEN International is calling for the immediate and unconditional release of editor Raef Badawi, who was sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment and 600 lashes on July 29, 2013. More
The PEN Ten with Alissa Nutting
"I think writing should be a sacrifice, and feel like one—how else could the act of constructing narratives, stories, lies, deceptions, ever be kept honest, if not through demanding… More
Solitary Confinement in California
Most people will never experience, and never really know what it is like to be isolated for many uninterrupted years. But it's like being locked in a trunk of… More
Another Door
It’s simple enough to completely plow me over. / Some static in the radio’s belly, a sandwich / aglow in an empty room, love letters without / margins, and… More
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