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Writ in Water
Happy World Water Day. Here we’d like to drop for you some words that were, like our names, writ in and on water–about things you could do today to… More
Poet, Journalist, and Activist Remains Detained Without Trial
Poet, journalist, and activist Ericson Acosta, who has been held without trial since February 2011, may be targeted for his legitimate human rights activities. More
Case Histories: Nawal El Saadawi
Nawal El Saadawi, a psychiatrist and novelist writing in Arabic, is the author of more than 40 books, which have been translated, acclaimed, and awarded around the world. She delivered… More
Reading Is Not Optional: An Interview with Walter Dean Myers
Your recent YA novel Kick involved a collaboration between you and a high school student, with you and the student trading off writing chapters—you writing in the voice of… More
Nocturne Trio
I'm an oilcloth stuffed / in the back pocket of jeans / you don't wear / Brass buttons on a work-shirt. Over / exaggeration, under simplification. More
Breaking Through Cybercensorship
[caption id="attachment_9784" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="Photo by Olivier Delhoume"][/caption] A passionate panel of cyberactivists convened at the Cooper Union as part of the ThinkSwiss festival to discuss new tools and approaches to combating online censorship.… More
Where We Belong: A Conversation with Buket Uzuner and Amélie Nothomb
There is a difference between writing about yourself and about your personal life. Nowadays—not only in Turkey, but wherever I travel, mostly in Europe—young writers want to turn their… More
Amitava Kumar: The Map of My Village
The house was in an alley, set away from the winding street, and in that house were three communists who, during my first visit, sold me a book and… More
Latest Amnesty Excludes Imprisoned Writers
PEN International is disappointed that a recent amnesty has not included five writers and journalists, all serving long prison sentences. More
What Poets Write
What do poets write and say when they don’t write pomes and poetics essays—or poems that ARE poetics essays? More
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