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Activist at Heart: A Conversation with South African Cartoonist Zapiro
Zapiro is South Africa’s most celebrated cartoonist. His penetrating cartoons hold the country’s power brokers to account, lampooning everyone from former president Nelson Mandela to the late cricket star… More
PEN Condemns Year-End Convictions of Two Chinese Writers
PEN American Center reacted angrily to the news that the Chinese government has again used the cover of the year-end holidays to try and sentence two writers to long… More
Disenchantment in the Cowshed
Ji Xianlin’s 1998 memoir recounts the painful and deeply disenchanting period he spent in the “cowshed,” an improvised prison on the Peking University campus for intellectuals labeled as “class… More
from sourcings
what echoes across waters : / taotaomo’na— / from ‘taotao’ [‘people’] ginen ‘mo’na’ [‘precede’]— / ‘people of before’ ‘before time ancestors’ ‘ancient people’ ‘people before / recorded time’ etc More
Year Closes with 30 Writers in Prison, Over 70 on Trial and 25 New Arrests
As this year closes, 30 writers are held in Turkish prisons, more than 70 others are on trial, and 25 more were arrested in recent days. More
Artists Declare State of Emergency in Belarus
An appeal to: Baroness Cathy Ashton, U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron, Polish President Bronisław Komorowski, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti, U.S. President Barack Obama, Spanish… More
Dialogues with Imaginary Partners
Readers should not expect straightforward autobiographical narrative, however, but a work in the symbolist mode, in which the semantic range of words is extended. More
Blogger and Activist Zainab Al-Khawaja Released on Bail
Blogger and activist Zainab al-Khawaja was released on bail on December 20, 2011, though she still faces charges for her peaceful activities. More
PEN Appeal: Zainab Al-Khawaja
December 21, 2011 King of Bahrain His Majesty Sheikh Hamad bin Issa Al-Khalifa Office of His Majesty the King P.O.Box 555 Rifa’a Palace Kingdom of Bahrain Fax: +973 176 64 587 Minister of Justice and Islamic… More
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