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Moving Forward, Looking Backward
httpv://youtu.be/siXPcM0Jn_U Ten years after the first detainees of America’s war on terrorism arrived at Guantanamo Bay, we must ask ourselves: What needs to be done to repair the damage caused… More
Protests and Post-it Pasties: Transition in Burma
This was my fifth time to Burma. I had come to cover Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s release from house arrest and reports of a thaw in the military… More
Internet Writer Released
French-Vietnamese university teacher and Internet writer Pham Minh Hoang was released on January 13, 2012. More
PEN Members Win Newbery, Caldecott
PEN congratulates Members Chris Raschka, winner of the 2012 Caldecott Medal; Jack Gantos, winner of the 2012 Newbery Medal; Daniel Handler, a Printz Honor winner; and Marina Budhos, a… More
Three Poems
To be a mother is a poem and a problem— / this lady leaves her child by an orphanage door, / birth cord still clinging, her dark hair damp… More
Chester Phillips: Heroes and Consequences
I imagine Andy Williamson standing on the welcome mat of my family’s house at 614 Ravenwood Drive. I see him in the moment before his hand touches the door,… More
PEN Statement on Salman Rushdie?s Withdrawal from Lit Fest After Death Threats
PEN American Center today deplored the failure of the Indian government to guarantee the safety of the center’s former president and World Voices Festival of International Literature Chair Salman… More
Media Advisory: PEN PROTESTA!
PEN International and the PEN Club de México present “PEN Protesta! In Support of Journalists and Freedom of Expression,” a public demonstration of solidarity and a demand for accountability… More
Naked Medium: A Conversation with Adam Day
The way that film moves is extremely important to me: not just its manner of telling a story, with its heightened ability to create successful gaps and make leaps,… More
China Advocacy: Subversive Poetry, Prison, and Exile
All across the world, we at PEN have noticed a trend against freedom of expression: the number of journalists targeted for persecution is on the rise while the number… More
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