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Health Care Information for PEN Members
PEN American Center Members have access to two different group insurance plans. Both options require that a subscriber be self-employed, filing tax returns as a sole proprietor or as… More
What Follows Us Now Must Soon Enough Be Carried
I can’t drink beers at 3 p.m. very often / or anytime soon live in San Francisco / because I am trying to be a decent middle-class father, /… More
Activists Break Through Security to Visit Liu Xia
In a video, Liu Xia who is under house arrest, can at times be seen smiling as she's greeted by friends who broke through a security cordon around her… More
Human Rights Travesty in Cameroon for Writer Enoh Meyomesse
In what appears to be a clear violation of human rights and the right to free expression, a judge has sentenced Cameroonian writer Enoh Meyomesse to seven years in… More
A Parting Statement from Executive Director Steven L. Isenberg
What remains a constant is the essence of PEN—our vigilant defense of free expression, our unique place in the literary community, and our devotion to literature. More
Politkovskaya Conviction Welcome, but Masterminds Behind Her Murder Continue to Elude Justice
PEN International welcomes last week’s conviction of the former police chief who helped orchestrate Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya’s murder in 2006, but is concerned that the masterminds behind her… More
Vocation & Dear Mid-Afternoon Nap
some, like the moses / of israel, have a rod and god’s warrant, / and still can hardly get started. / others, / like the moses of her people,… More
Steven L. Isenberg’s Letter of Resignation
To: Peter Godwincc: The Board of TrusteesDear Peter,I wish to inform the Board that I will be leaving at the end of this year. I write now to give… More
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One Onion Layer After Another: A Conversation with Valzhyna Mort
The village where I spent my childhood summers, away from the city and school, is the landscape that has become my tabula rasa, the primary point of any departure.… More
Valzhyna Mort: Three Poems
It’s as if somebody threw at him slices / of skinned grapefruit. / Every time she hits him—I hit her. / Look at this. Look whom you’ve bred. //… More
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