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from A is for Addis
When I tell people about my impending trip, I try to avoid the word “Africa,” though I can’t explain why. I am struck by the timidity, the lack of… More
Masha Gessen
Masha Gessen is a journalist and the author of 10 books of nonfiction, most recently Surviving Autocracy. Their book The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia won the… More
James Joyce: Past Imperfect (1800-1882)
Consequently for him, as time went by, the past was more immediate than the present, and became the chosen playground of his fiction. More
Epic Endeavors
In the twentieth century alone, the Amphitryon myth has been adapted by a French novelist, two German playwrights, an opera composer, an anti-Nazi filmmaker, and Cole Porter. Have we… More
Three Poems by Montreux Rotholtz
like a smashed stone fruit, our meeting was / disgusting and all take. More
Imprisoned Pussy Riot Member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova’s Location Unknown
PEN is extremely concerned for the well-being of imprisoned Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, whose current whereabouts have not been disclosed by the Russian authorities. More
An Open Letter to British Prime Minister David Cameron
In light of the most recent revelations on surveillance in the U.K., the U.S., and beyond, PEN American Center joined PEN International, English PEN, PEN Canada, and a host… More
The Cardboard House
You do not understand how one can possibly go to school so early in the morning, especially when there are esplanades and the sea below. More
United States Accused of Unprecedented Assault on Press Freedom
Press freedom advocates in the United States charge that the administration of President Barack Obama is engaged in a war on “leaks” of secret information that is without parallel… More
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