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Auriane Benabou
Auriane Benabou is the fellow with PEN America’s Artists at Risk Connection project. She is a recent graduate of Brown University, where she pursued a BA in environmental studies… More
The PEN Pod: On Authoritarianism, Abortion Restrictions, and Protecting the Freedom to Learn
“They are people who deserve our support, who’ve been working as human rights defenders inside their countries, who now are faced with the loss of their livelihood.” More
2021 PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award: Baktash Abtin, Keyvan Bajan, and Reza Khandan Mahabadi
PEN America bestows its 2021 PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award on Iranian writers Baktash Abtin, Keyvan Bajan, and Reza Khandan Mahabadi. More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Marisel Vera
“We, Puerto Ricans, must claim the historical truth of our ancestors and our homeland that we can learn about through stories.” More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Kia Corthron
“For artists working in fiction, we have more protection as our work is addressing what has been exposed. . . . The greater peril is self-censorship, which often starts… More
Natalia Estemirova | Status: Murdered | Russia
On July 15, 2009, Natalia Estemirova, a journalist and human rights defender, was abducted by four gunmen on her way to work in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya. Estemirova… More
The PEN Pod: On Platforms, Policing, and Protests with Suzanne Nossel
“As a defender of free speech, I believe those protections shouldn’t stop at the locker room door, and that athletes should be entitled to voice their opinions.” More
The PEN Pod: On the Healing Power of Writing with DREAMing Out Loud’s Nicole Henry
“Writing is really just powerful. Putting words to paper, whether it’s fiction or fact, it’s just a great way to work through some stuff.” More
PEN America Releases Third Edition of ‘DREAMing Out Loud’ Anthology
The literary and free expression organization PEN America has published DREAMing Out Loud: Voices of Migrant Writers, an anthology tackling themes of isolation, community and the day-to-day lives of… More
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