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Top PEN Prize to Honor Jailed Turkish Translator Ayşe Berktay
PEN American Center names Ayşe Berktay as the recipient of its 2013 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award. More
I Do Not Accept This Indictment
Dear Judges,I am a member of the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP). In December 2009 I became a BDP member. In March 2010 I was elected to the BDP… More
From “Agnes the Elephant”
There is a man and a woman in the kitchen fighting / over which of the two of them get to keep their / son. The man is leaving… More
Composer Fazil Say’s Third Court Hearing to be Held on April 15, 2013
On Monday, April 15, celebrated pianist, composer, and writer Fazıl Say is due to appear in court for the third time for comments posted on Twitter. More
Blogger Detained Incommunicado
PEN International protests the incommunicado detention of blogger and writer Jean Laokolé More
Calixto Ramón Martínez Arias Released; Two Other Writers Remain Imprisoned
PEN International welcomes the release of the independent journalist Calixto Ramón Martínez Arias. More
Witness in Durango
Mexican journalist Héctor Gordoa describes his capture and escape from death in Durango while investigating a notorious prison. More
La Cucaracha, La Cucaracha
Poet Víctor Manuel Mendiola reminisces about the Mexico City of his childhood and criticizes the country's current power brokers. More
Three Poems by Dora Malech
Lay a waste from out thy ode. / What to do after you slay me? // Start anew, lifeless. / Start a new life, less // servant to order… More
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