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My Father’s Violin
My father played his violin every evening, standing by the upright piano in our dining room. Hearing him play was my first memory, and I can no longer recall… More
PEN Appeal: Turkey
December 22, 2011 Minister of Justice Mr. Sadullah Ergin 06669 Kizilay Ankara Turkey Fax: 00 90 312 419 3370 Your Excellency, On behalf of the 3,500 members of PEN American Center, an international organization of writers… More
Renowned Chinese Writer and Musician-in-Exile Makes U.S. Debut
This evening, the Pen American Center and The New School will host Chinese author and musician Liao Yiwu, one of China’s most exciting and most censored writers, in his… More
A World’s Worth of Snow
When there is absolutely nothing left to eat in the house, Hana decides to ask for work at the agricultural cooperative. They give her the job of cleaning the… More
Dissident Chinese Writer Flees to Germany
BEIJING — After being denied an exit visa 17 times, yanked off planes and trains by the police and threatened with yet more prison time, one of China’s most… More
Photocopies of Photocopies: On Bao Ninh
Bao Ninh, now living in Hanoi, became a novelist in the second half of his life. Until the age of forty, he served in the North Vietnamese Army, fighting… More
The First O.J. Book
I got the idea for an O.J. Simpson book long before all the others came out. The inspiration came in a flash at three in the morning as I… More
PEN Appeal: Mohammad Sadiq Kabudvand
November 5, 2008 His Excellency Ayatollah Sayed ‘Ali Khamenei The Office of the Supreme Leader Shoahada Street, Qom Islamic Republic of Iran His Excellency Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi Ministry of Justice Park-e Shahr, Tehran Islamic Republic of… More
Beyond the Olympics: The Freedom to Write in China, After the Spotlight
Today, October 17, 2008, temporary regulations that were said to guarantee the ability of international journalists to report freely from China will expire. More
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