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Censorship and Salesmanship at America’s Biggest Book Fair
One evening last week, a group of writers, including Paul Auster, A. M. Homes, Jonathan Franzen, Ha Jin, Francine Prose, and Murong Xuecun, gathered on the steps of the… More
What U.S. Publishers Owe China
In 1962, Chinese President Liu Shaoqi warned Mao Zedong: “History will record the role you and I played in the starvation of so many people, and the cannibalization will… More
Malaysia: Sedition Charges Run Amok
Political cartoonist Zunar was charged with a record nine counts of sedition last week—one for each tweet he posted. More
The Kachin: Culture of the Mountain Lords
“Once we looked to our cultural elders for guidance—now we look to soldiers.” In Kachin State, Myanmar, conflict has overruled culture. More
PEN DIY: “Write it. Shoot it. Publish it. Crochet it, sauté it, whatever. MAKE.”
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines D.I.Y., or Do-It-Yourself as “the activity of doing or making something […] without professional training or assistance.” Writers across time have applied this idea to… More
The Literary Gamut: Sci-fi, Surveillance, Michael J. Fox, and Parties
Since last week's sold-out launch of our 2014 Public Programming, it's been go, go, go for the intrepid PEN community. All leading up to a celebration of the Ninth… More
The Censor in Each of Us
W. B. Yeats had a dream that was “almost as distinct as a vision, of a cottage where there was well-being and firelight and talk of a marriage, and… More
PEN World Voices 2014: Babette’s Feast 2.0
Amid the impressive and overwhelming lineup of this year’s PEN World Voices Festival, “Babette’s Feast 2.0: 101 Spring Street” stood out for its tantalizing premise. Who could resist the… More
The PEN Ten with Je Banach
Writing may be courageous, but reading and speaking about what we read are also courageous acts. The discourse we create when we talk about books is daring just as… More
Surveillance in South Africa: a Grievous Bodily Harm
In truth, South African literature has flourished post-apartheid, producing a range of new voices and genre literature for the first time, although the identity of our literature as a… More
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