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Fighting The Sad Scourge of Our Times¥
John Ralston Saul, Russell Banks, and Elena Poniatowska from PEN American Center, Marian Botsford Fraser from PEN Canada, and many others from PEN International and centers in Europe and Asia are traveling to Mexico… More
PEN Protesta! Kicks Off
John Ralston Saul, Russell Banks, and Elena Poniatowska from PEN American Center, Marian Botsford Fraser from PEN Canada, and many others from PEN International and centers in Europe and Asia are traveling to Mexico… More
Confronting a Culture of Impunity
John Ralston Saul, Russell Banks, and Elena Poniatowska from PEN American Center, Marian Botsford Fraser from PEN Canada, and many others from PEN International and centers in Europe and Asia are traveling to Mexico… More
Five Poems
Transparent like a baby’s fingernail, / the broken column protects dead nerves. / My cat licks her paw and smack! your pudgy mass / jumps, blood escaping into jute… More
Confronting a Culture of Impunity
John Ralston Saul, Russell Banks, and Elena Poniatowska from PEN American Center, Marian Botsford Fraser from PEN Canada, and many others from PEN International and centers in Europe and Asia are traveling to Mexico… More
PEN Protesta! Kicks Off
John Ralston Saul, Russell Banks, and Elena Poniatowska from PEN American Center, Marian Botsford Fraser from PEN Canada, and many others from PEN International and centers in Europe and Asia are traveling to Mexico… More
PEN Children’s and Young Adult Book Authors Committee Receives Award
[caption id="attachment_7944" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="Members of the PEN Children’s and Young Adult Book Authors Committee at annual holiday party"][/caption] The Martin Luther King Jr. Charter School for Science and Technology… More
I Drink Bronze Light
Great American summer lakes/ right now I am flying above you / through a rare cloudless transparent sky / back to the city where it is always / cold… More
Two-Year Anniversary of the Disappearance of Prageeth Ekanaliyagoda
On January 24, 2010, Pregeeth Ekanaliyagoda was abducted and has not been heard from since. No thorough and credible investigation into his case. More
Dissident Poet Zhu Yufu Charged with Subversion for A Poem
Writer Zhu Yufu has been charged with “subversion” for a poem posted online. More
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