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Dissident Writer Wang Dejia Released on Bail
International PEN welcomes the release of dissident writer Wang Dejia (pen name: Jing Chu), who was freed on bail on January 12, 2008, but remains concerned that he still… More
Writer and Human-Rights Activist Sentenced to Four Years for Subversion
International PEN protests the four-year prison sentence handed down to writer and human-rights activist Lu Gengsong on February 5, 2008, for "inciting subversion of state power" with his critical… More
Pretrial Detention of Editor Nikolai Andrushchenko Extended
Nikolai Andrushchenko, co-founder and editor of the newspaper Novy Peterburg, was initially sentenced to two months' pretrial detention on charges of defamation and was due for release on March… More
Leading Poet Saw Wai Arrested for A Poem Critical of the Authorities
International PEN is gravely concerned for the well-being of leading Burmese poet Saw Wai, who was arrested on January 22, 2008, for a poem critical of the authorities. More
PEN Appeal: Nikolai Andrushchenko
May 14, 2008 H. E. Vladimir Putin President of the Russian Federation The Kremlin Moscow, Russia Fax: 011 7 095 206 5173/ 206 6277 Mr. Vladimir Ustinov Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Possiyskaya Federatsiya … More
Failing to Deliver: An Olympic-Year Report Card on Free Expression in China
On July 8, 2008, one month before the Olympic Games open in Beijing, PEN American Center, PEN Canada, and the Independent Chinese PEN Center issued a progress report on… More
China Fails to Deliver: An Olympic-Year Report Card on Free Expression from PEN
In a distressing report released today, three International PEN centers give China a failing grade on free expression one month before the opening of the Beijing Olympic Games on… More
Sarah White & Yvette Louisell: An Interview
SW: Yvette, you write both poetry and prose. Are there things you feel best able to say in a poem and others that feel more suitable for a prose… More
Things Fall Apart, Chapters One and Two
THINGS FALL APARTChapter OneOkonkwo was well known throughout the nine villages and even beyond. His fame rested on solid personal achievements. As a young man of eighteen he had… More
Things Fall Apart, Chapter Fourteen
Okonkwo was well received by his mother’s kinsmen in Mbanta. The old man who received him was his mother’s younger brother, who was now the eldest surviving member of… More
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