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PEN Remembers Lucy Kavaler
PEN American Center mourns the loss of Lucy Kavaler, one of our most active, inspiring, and beloved Freedom to Write advocates. Lucy passed away October 30, 2010 in New… More
Natalia Sannikova: Free Verses to My Son
Free Verses to My SonWhen you’ve read as many books, poems, and blogsas I’ve already read,you’ll find out just how little I get literature.For example, Blok—he wrote about Woman and… More
The Pretty Grown-Together Children
Let me tell it, I said.No, you’re a liar and a drunk, I said. Or she said.Our voices could be like one. I could feel hers in my bones,… More
Black Mirrors
But when the years turn into a long train tired of its own whistles and exhausted by the stations, you try something else similar to forgetfulness. More
PEN Revives $5,000 Essay Award
PEN American Center announced today that the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay, first created in 1991 and on hiatus since 2005, has been revived, with the… More
Detained Uzbek Journalist Suffers Stroke
PEN International is deeply concerned about the news that Kyrgyzstan-based Uzbek journalist Ulugbek Abdusalamov has suffered a serious stroke while detained at a hospital. More
PEN Appeal: Ulugbek Abdusalamov
October 26, 2010 Minister of Internal Affairs Kubatbek Baibolov Frunze Street, 469 Bishkek 720040 KYRGYZSTAN Fax: +996 312 68 20 44 General Prosecutor Baitemir Ibraev 72, Orozbekova Street Bishkek 720040 KYRGYZSTAN Fax: +996 312 66 54 11 President of the Kyrgyz Republic Roza… More
Journalist Detained; Fears for Safety
International PEN is seriously concerned about the detention of Abdulelah Haider Shaea, a journalist who is known for his coverage of Islamist groups in the Arabian Peninsula. More
PEN Appeal: Abdulaelah Haider Shaea
October 25, 2010 His Excellency General ‘Ali ‘Abdullah Saleh President Office of the President Sana’a Republic of Yemen Fax: + 967 127 4147 Minister of the Interior Mutaher Rashad al Masri Ministry of the Interior Sana’a Republic of Yemen Fax: +967… More
from My Heart but not My Heart
This week in the PEN Poetry Series, guest editor Dawn Lundy Martin features an excerpt from a poem by Stephanie Cawley. About Cawley's work, Martin writes: "In these hybrid utterances… More