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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
Three Lessons on Digital Circumvention from Canada
Our Freedom to Write Fellow shares three lessons on circumvention from a landmark digital freedom conference hosted by the research activist group Citizen Lab. More
Conviction
Ben didn’t know his way out, so I’ve had to show him. And I couldn’t have done it without your help. For that, I’m not going to kill you. More
2013 PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award for Poetry
WinnerRowan Ricardo Phillips forThe GroundThe PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award for Poetry of $5,000 is given in odd-numbered years and recognizes the high literary character of the published work to date… More
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