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A Lunar New Year in Flames
The Lunar New Year begins this weekend, but in Tibet, where 86 Tibetans have self-immolated in the last year as a last-ditch effort to be heard, celebrations will be… More
Poems from Light, Grass, and Letter in April
To go into the mountain and it is you / To go farther in and it is not certain / To go still farther in / and there is… More
The Big Smoke: Five Poems
That horse back-kicked so hard / my leg bone broke, split skin // like a lazy plum. I layed back / in that stall bleeding & hollering // in… More
Emin Milli Serving 15-Day Sentence
PEN International protests the arrest of Azerbaijani blogger, Emin Milli, as well as the persistent use of brief detentions, fines, and harassment against other journalists in an attempt to… More
Life Is Messy, Writing Is Messy: An Interview with Danielle Evans
I sometimes wonder what critics would say if they couldn’t mention race until the second paragraph. It’s a shame, because the book is really about so many other things.… More
Alibis: Essays on Elsewhere
I did not even know whether the perfume was my reason for being in there or whether it had become an excuse, the mask behind the mask, because if… More
Manifesto: 1920s
The ordinary Negroes hadn't heard of the Negro Renaissance. And if they had, it hadn't raised their wages any. More
PEN Case Studies in Digital Freedom – Censorship
In this series of posts, we demonstrate how we use the PEN Declaration on Digital Freedom to defend writers, bloggers, and activists. We'll look at internet censorship in China… More
Leaving the Atocha Station
Insofar as I was interested in the arts, I was interested in the disconnect between my experience of actual artworks and the claims made on their behalf; the closest… More
Poet Ericson Acosta Released, Charges Dropped
PEN International is delighted to learn that the case against poet, song-writer, journalist, and activist Ericson Acosta has been dismissed for lack of evidence. More
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