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Eynulla Fatullayev Caged for Appeal Hearing
PEN International condemns the humiliating treatment of journalist Eynulla Fatullayev, who was caged by Azerbaijani authorities at his recent appeal hearing. More
Translation Slam: Turkish Slam
İnsan Aklının İlk İşaretleri: Burçlar, Kitabelerby Bejan MaturSurların yüzeyinde sadece harfler olsaydı eksik kalırdı.Yeryüzünün o erken konuklarının çocuksu aklını, çocuksu geometrilerdenve hayvanların, bitkilerin neşesinden kurtarmak ne mümkün.Binyıllardır şehri sarmalayan… More
Two Journalists Hospitalized, Another Put on Trial
PEN International condemns the brutal attacks on journalists Oleg Kashin and Anatoliy Adamchuk, which took place on November 6 and 8, 2010, respectively. More
PEN American Center President Appiah Testifies Before Congress on Liu Xiaobo
In testimony before Congress on Tuesday, PEN American Center President Kwame Anthony Appiah criticized the Chinese government’s attempts to censor information about the awarding of this year’s Nobel… More
Testimony of Prof. Kwame Anthony Appiah, President, PEN American Center
Testimony of Prof. Kwame Anthony Appiah, President, PEN American Center:Congressional-Executive Commission on ChinaHearing on “Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Liu Xiaobo and the Future of Political Reform in China”November 9,… More
PEN American Center Concerned About Increased Pressure on PEN Members in China
Chinese authorities appear to be stepping up pressure on members of the Independent Chinese PEN Center (ICPC) as part of a campaign to limit information about the awarding of… More
Don DeLillo: Strange and Dangerous Times
DeLillo: The writer’s role is to sit in a room and write. We can leave it at that. Or we can add that writers have always felt a natural… More
Lila Azam Zanganeh & Atiq Rahimi: Mother Tongue
LILA AZAM ZANGANEH: Atiq, you had written three novels in Persian, and then you switched from Persian to French for your most recent novel, The Patience Stone, and it… More
Jonathan Lethem & Patti Smith
I would go to rummage sales or church bazaars and pick out books for pennies, for a quarter. I got a first edition Dickens with a green velvet cover… More
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