Women in Ink—2017 PEN World Voices Festival

Chinese authorities this week detained scholar Xu Zhangran on trumped-up accusations. His detention shows the increasingly limitless power of President Xi to silence any whispers of dissent. https://bit.ly/3iJ3rJ6

Today on #thePENpod, @writerjalvarez joins us in discussing how we can utilize this "deeply mythic moment" we're living in to tackle the many social pandemics we are experiencing, and how literature can open us up to change. LISTEN 🎧: https://bit.ly/2ZOaR59

Writers, artists, and students debate the upcoming removal of a Depression-era mural at the University of Kentucky. Some want to see the mural removed, while others say hiding it is artistic censorship and obscuring the state’s history of slavery. https://nyti.ms/38xDmYM