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Pen World Voices, Which African Voices?
There are, without a doubt, some fabulous writers coming to the 2015 PEN World Voices events, set for May 4-10 in New York City. The list of headlining writers… More
Four Poems by Mark McMorris
What more is there to say about tambourines / that mimic the bells on a leather saddle, strapped / to a horse you rode across the Chinese tundra /… More
Notes to self: from Philip Roth to Gillian Flynn, authors look back at their work
What is it like to reread Portnoy’s Complaint at 80? What inspired the name of the town in Gone Girl? Writers from Philip Roth to Gillian Flynn and from… More
Five Poems by Rachel B. Glaser
my snake would scare away cops / if they came bothering Mama and me / when we are dancing to our records / high off something Ricky gave us More
The Facebook Revolution
The revolution exposed the deep suffering of Egypt’s people. In a sense, the revolution didn’t bring chaos to the country, but an explosion of the people’s rage towards the… More
Free Expression In the News: August 29, 2014
A plea from Shirley Sotloff, mother of journalist Steven Sotloff who is currently held captive by the Islamic State in Syria, epitomizes the power of words, the importance of… More
NSA’s Espionage Can Aid Dictatorships
In spite of totalitarian suppression, the Internet opened a door for freedom of speech. The regime is always met by new waves of “hacktivism” and software for activists. IT… More
PEN Joins Over 100 Organizations Calling for Immediate Release of Al Jazeera English Journalists
IFEX members and partners call on the President of Egypt, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, to take immediate steps to free detained Al Jazeera English journalists and overturn their unjustified sentences More
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