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PEN Appeal:
January 15, 2010 His Excellency Hu Jintao President of the People’s Republic of China State Council Beijing 100032 P.R. China Your Excellency, On behalf of the 3,400 members of PEN American Center, an international organization… More
PEN Appeal: José Alberto Velázquez López
February 4, 2010 Felipe De Jesús Calderón Hinojosa Presidente de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos Residencia Oficial de los Pinos Casa Miguel Alemán Col. San Miguel Chapultepec, C.P. 11850 DISTRITO FEDERAL, México Fax: (+ 52… More
Newspaper Editor Shot Dead
International PEN protests the murder of José Alberto Velázquez López, editor of Expresiones de Tulum, who was shot dead in Cancún, Quintana Roo state, on December 22, 2009. More
American Sublime
We want Brasil but Brasil won’t win. Aden waves a desultory green and yellow flag. From the East to the West to the West to the East we scatter and settle and… More
leadbelly: poems
leadbelly v. lomaxat themodern language association conference, 1934 a costume.dark overalls,handkerchiefand ugly-ass shitkickers,clutched like gifts in his outstretched hands chase the stink of mule dirt backinto my head. now he… More
PEN President Appiah Nominates Liu Xiaobo for Nobel Peace Prize
PEN American Center President and Professor of Philosophy Kwame Anthony Appiah on Friday sent his nomination of Chinese colleague Liu Xiaobo for the Nobel Peace Prize to the Norwegian… More
Kwame Anthony Appiah’s Nomination of Liu Xiaobo for the Nobel Peace Prize
On January 29, 2010, PEN President Kwame Anthony Appiah sent his letter of nomination for Liu Xiaobo for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize. More
Grand Tour
In America I’m not really a private person. No, I’m a public person. And a public person cannot write. More
PEN Letter of Support for Nomination of Liu Xiaobo
On January 29, 2010, 20 members of PEN American Center submitted a letter of support for Kwame Anthony Appiah's nomination of Liu Xiaobo for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize. More
Detained PEN Officer Zhao Shiying Released
PEN American Center has learned that Zhao Shiying, Secretary-General of the Independent Chinese PEN Center (ICPC), has been allowed to return home after nearly two weeks in police custody.… More
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