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Two Journalists Shot Dead
Two Brazilian journalists, Paulo Roberto Cardoso Rodrigues and Mario Randolpho Marques Lopes, were killed in attacks that bore the hallmarks of contracted assassinations. More
Supreme Court Upholds Prison Sentences and Fines Against El Universo
Publishers Carlos Eduardo Pérez Barriga, César Enrique Pérez Barriga, Carlos Nicolás Pérez Enrique, and former editor Emilio Palacio each face three years in prison; a total of US$40million in… More
Dissident Poet Zhu Yufu Sentenced
Writer Zhu Yufu was handed down a seven-year prison sentence on February 10, 2012, for his allegedly subversive poem “It’s Time.” More
Doug Liman Seeks Contributors to Reckoning with Torture Film
Our Reckoning with Torture film project enters its final phase today with director Doug Liman’s national call for citizen-contributed video footage and the launch of reckoningwithtorture.org, an innovative web… More
PEN Protesta!: Writing the Future
Representatives of PEN centers from around the globe joined PEN International President John Ralston Saul and Mexican writers and journalists in Mexico City for a unique show of solidarity… More
Weekly Roundup: Majestic Interlude Edition
Brett Fletcher Lauer is starting off a new leg of PEN’s Poetry Relay Series with a reading of his wonderful poem, “Majestic Interlude.” More
PEN Protesta!: Writing the Future
[caption id="attachment_8977" align="alignnone" width="405" caption="PEN Protesta! statement, signed by 170 of the world’s leading writers declaring solidarity with Mexican journalists"][/caption] Representatives of PEN centers from around the globe joined PEN… More
The Silent Strength of Liu Xia
In March 2010, months after Liu Xiaobo was tried and sentenced to 11 years in prison, PEN’s Director of Freedom to Write and International Programs, Larry Siems, came back… More
PEN America 15: Maps
In the latest issue of PEN America, we wanted to explore how writers encounter and examine the fictional topographies of their lives. More
Streets of Pittsburgh
When I was twenty-two, a small design firm in Pittsburgh hired me to make maps. That I had landed such excellent employment despite being a college dropout with no… More
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