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Creativity’s Battles With Censorship
The West knows little about the cultural scene inside Iran today. Since the dawn of civilization until renascence, Iran has always been a great contributor to world's literature, art… More
The Shadow Book
First are the kinds of shadow books that fail to be written: the Africana Encyclopedia by Du Bois; the second novels of Jean Toomer or Ralph Ellison that never… More
The Shaman of Ice Cream
On Monday, September 23, 2013, Sherman Alexie participated in a live conversation with PEN America and Director of the Office of Intellectual Freedom at the ALA, Barbara Jones. This… More
Nelson Mandela, Robert Mugabe And The Countries They Shaped
As the ailing Nelson Mandela turned 95 this month, the international community celebrated his legacy and rooted for his recovery. Just to the north in Zimbabwe, President Robert Mugabe,… More
Dignity of Lentil Soup
Michele Zackheim's profile on Russian writer and activist Stanislav Dmitrievsky, whose book may soon be banned by authorities. If found to be "extremist" in nature, Dmitrievsky himself will be… More
Human Rights in Post-Olympic China
One thing the Chinese government and its leaders often say to outsiders is that “Chinese people mean what they say!”The “Chinese people” who are involuntarily represented by the Chinese… More
Never-Ending, Hidden Rules
I never celebrated my birthday when I was growing up, so I haven’t really given birthdays a lot of thought later in life. But last year, a group of… More
Murong Xuecun on China’s ‘Crappy Freedom’
In this excerpt, the Beijing-based novelist discusses the banality of Chinese censorship. More
PEN 2013: Not Writing from Exile
Shahrnush Parsipur’s writing career began in 1974 with the publication of her first novel, The Dog and the Long Winter. She's been in trouble with Iranian authorities ever since. More
Tsering Woeser | Status: Under Threat | China
Award-winning Tibetan writer and poet Woeser was born in 1966 in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, where her father was a soldier in the People’s Liberation Army. More
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