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PEN America Speaks: How We Defended and Celebrated Free Expression The Week of July 8
PEN America works tirelessly to defend free expression, support persecuted writers, and promote literary culture. Here are some of the latest ways PEN America is speaking out. More
Moscow Court Sentences Playwright and Director in Ongoing Crackdown on Free Expression
Labeling these artists as terrorists or extremists is a grave injustice. ARC calls for the immediate release of Berkovich and Petriychuk. More
Georgia’s New Foreign Agent Law Puts Right to Dissent at Risk
Georgia’s new foreign agent bill, signed into law on Monday despite prolonged and passionate public outcry and a presidential veto, threatens writers, artists, and other cultural workers who express… More
PEN America Speaks: How We Defended and Celebrated Free Expression The Week of May 20
PEN America works tirelessly to defend free expression, support persecuted writers, and promote literary culture. Here are some of the latest ways PEN America is speaking out. More
Jenny Finney Boylan’s Remarks at the 2024 PEN America Literary Gala
"All I have, other than the ability to tell a joke, are the tools of love and forgiveness. But is that enough to heal the world?" More
Almar Latour’s Remarks at the 2024 PEN America Literary Gala
"Russia may be an ocean and a continent away; but the distance between authoritarianism and a free society is measured by the strength of free speech." More
PEN America Urges Türkiye to Withdraw Foreign Agents Law from Consideration
Pro-government media outlets have reported that the bill, which will soon be formally introduced in parliament for debate, will expand the definition of espionage to include influencing public opinion. More
PEN America Speaks: How We Defended and Celebrated Free Expression The Week of May 13
PEN America works tirelessly to defend free expression, support persecuted writers, and promote literary culture. Here are some of the latest ways PEN America is speaking out. More
Champions of Free and Creative Expression Join PEN America in Tribute to Music Icon Paul Simon and Wall Street Journal Publisher Almar Latour at Annual NYC Literary Gala
Paul Simon said: “We've learned that the cause we are supporting tonight -- PEN's valid commitment to protect writers everywhere from censorship, coercion and imprisonment -- is more urgently… More
PEN America Speaks: How We Defended and Celebrated Free Expression The Week of April 29
PEN America works tirelessly to defend free expression, support persecuted writers, and promote literary culture. Here are some of the latest ways PEN America is speaking out. More