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2017 PEN/JEAN STEIN GRANT FOR LITERARY ORAL HISTORY
Winner Aleksandar Hemon, How Did You Get Here?: Tales of Displacement The PEN/Jean Stein Grant for Literary Oral History recognizes a literary work of nonfiction that uses oral history to illuminate an… More
Thousands in New York Pledge to Defend Press and Freedom of Speech Against Trump Administration
As Donald Trump and his team continue to insult journalists and disparage critical voices, more than 2,000 artists, writers, and readers gathered with PEN America today on the steps… More
Writers Resist Protest Brings Thousands to NYPL, Trump Tower
More than 2,000 artists, writers, and readers gathered at the steps of the New York Public Library on January 15 in the name of defending free expression and the… More
Writers and poets share their opinions of President-elect Donald Trump
Austin writers and poets have mixed views on President-elect Donald Trump’s effect on the writing and journalism community. At an event called Writers Resist, local writers and poets came together to… More
Scores of writers protest Trump on Martin Luther King Day
Four days away from his now all-but inevitable inauguration, the winds of protest are still howling strong against President-Elect Donald Trump. In recent weeks, the incoming President has become… More
As ‘writers resist’ Trump, an interview with a poet in protest
On Sunday, thousands of writers and artists rallied across the country in defense of freedom of speech and to protest the political discourse of President-elect Donald Trump. Their mission, according to… More
Days before Trump inauguration, writers gather to celebrate the power of language
Just after noon on Sunday, hundreds of people stood on downtown Boston’s broad, bustling Boylston Street, patiently waiting in a line that snaked around the corner and out of… More
Writers use poetry and prose in protest of Trump’s election
The “promise of democracy” that Martin Luther King Jr. spoke about in his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech feels very distant today, but not just because of the… More
Twin Cities writers join nationwide ‘literary protests’ against Trump
Dozens of local writers, poets and academics gathered in Minneapolis on Sunday night as a local installment of Writers Resist, a series of about 90 "literary protests" held around… More
PEN America Expresses Concern Over Recent Developments at PEN Russia
NEW YORK—PEN America stands in solidarity with Russian writers who share our ideals and those of the PEN Charter in strong defense of free expression and other human rights,… More
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