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Permanent Piece: A Conversation with Brett Fletcher Lauer
It is both the religious authority and mystical confidence coupled with the presentation of the extraordinary as matter of fact that appeals to my sensibility. More
Doug Liman Seeks User Submissions for “Reckoning With Torture”
Having directed big-budget action thrillers like “The Bourne Identity” and “Mr. & Mrs. Smith,” Doug Liman is taking a grassroots approach to a new project meant to raise awareness… More
The Silent Strength of Liu Xia
In March 2010, months after Liu Xiaobo was tried and sentenced to 11 years in prison, PEN’s Director of Freedom to Write and International Programs, Larry Siems, came back… More
Streets of Pittsburgh
When I was twenty-two, a small design firm in Pittsburgh hired me to make maps. That I had landed such excellent employment despite being a college dropout with no… More
Translator Arrested
Literary translator Mohammad Soleimani Nia has been held without charge since January 10, 2012. The reason for his detention is not known. More
The U.S. Torture Program in Drama and Dialogue
What is the connection between theater, democracy, and human rights? I’m a playwright who has struggled with these issues for 30 years... I came to feel I had to… More
Splintering in Time Through Image: A Conversation with Amber Flora Thomas
What keeps me writing is what I’ve learned about the poem. The poem, for me, represents this very structured lens for life; it is has the ability to house… More
A “Campaign of Genocide”¥ in Syria
[caption id="attachment_8705" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="Photo by syriana2011 via Flickr"][/caption] This morning, Christopher Merrill of the International Writing Program in Iowa sent PEN a translation of a letter by Syrian novelist… More
Fatima Shaik: Translation, Semantics, and Race
In the 1950s, my father discovered a mountain of old journals on the back of a dump truck. He stored the journals in a closet because they were “very… More
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