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China’s Tightening Grasp on Social Media Offers a Potent Tool of Repression for President-for-Life Xi Jinping, PEN America Report Warns
With an increasing array of technological, legal, and ideological tools at its disposal, Beijing is ever more able and willing to systematically erase expressions of dissent, silencing internet users… More
From James Baldwin to Susan Sontag, Listen to Recordings from PEN America’s Vast Archive
The PEN America Digital Archive launched on July 26 with over 1,500 hours of audio and video material newly accessible to the public, from the inaugural visit of Pablo Neruda to the United States, to Haruki… More
“Call Me Covfefe”: Some of Our Favorite Opening Sentences for Trump, The Novel
We asked our followers: If the Trump Administration were a novel, what would the famous opening sentence be? Here are some of our favorite answers. More
HONDURAS: PEN Honduras Member Convicted at Sentencing Court
On Wednesday June 7, 2017, Cesario Alejandro Félix Padilla Figueroa, a member of PEN Honduras, was found guilty of the crime of "usurpation" at the National Autonomous University of… More
President of Kazakh PEN is released but sentenced to five years of probationary supervision
The release of Bigeldy Gabdullin, president of Kazakh PEN and well-known journalist, is welcome news although concerns remain about the grounds for his arrest and the environment for free… More
PEN Warns That College Students Often See ‘Free Speech’ as a Cudgel
There’s a lot of attention in the world of free speech advocacy to barriers to expression. There has been somewhat less given to what needs to be in place… More
China: Two Independent Chinese PEN Center Members Given Harsh Sentences
The sentencing of two Independent Chinese PEN Center members to lengthy prison terms for the publication of pro-democracy essays is yet another blow in the government’s crackdown on free… More
PEN Haiti’s Potential Rising
As the PEN Haiti Fellow appointed by the PEN America Development Fellowship Program, Fabrice Guerrier has been working to optimize, professionalize, and bring innovation to PEN Haiti’s infrastructure in… More
PEN in New Orleans: Ten Years and Still Going Strong
To celebrate ten years of PEN America's visiting authors program, Children’s & Young Adult Books Committee authors Selene Castrovilla and Orel Protopopescu dropped in on classrooms at the MLK… More
PEN Joins Coalition Calling on Secretary Kerry to Grant Visas to Threatened Bangladeshi Bloggers
A coalition of free expression and human rights advocacy groups led by PEN American Center today released an open letter to the U.S. Department of State urging the swift… More