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Prison Arts Collective and PEN America Collaboration on New Season of Outside:Inside Radio

Press ReleaseFebruary 1, 2023

Outside:Inside Radio started in 2020 as a means to expand PAC programming for incarcerated participants during the extensive lockdowns due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Hosted and co-produced by Kathie… More

PEN America Presents Conversation Feb. 1 with National Book Award Winner and Birmingham Native Imani Perry

Press ReleaseJanuary 25, 2023

Birmingham Reads launched last summer and engaged over 100 community members in conversations about history, race, music, and culture, according to Alina Stefanescu, PEN Birmingham chapter leader. She said: “Reading… More

“Let Utah Read” Event Jan. 25 Celebrates the Freedom to Read, As it Falls Under Attack from Book Bans

Press ReleaseJanuary 23, 2023

Books are under profound attack in the United States and in Utah. Since the passage of HB 374 in 2022, book banning and book challenges have increased dramatically across… More

Closing of Art Exhibit about Racism at Arkansas Tech U Deprives Campus of Opportunity to Engage with it

Press ReleaseJanuary 20, 2023

Kristen Shahverdian, senior manager in the Free Expression and Education program, made the following comments: “That art dealing with racism in America has impacted viewers in different ways is understandable.… More

Alarm Over South Dakota Elected Leaders’ Attempt to Exert Control Over Student-Sponsored Drag Show

Press ReleaseNovember 22, 2022

“It is not the place of elected officials to pick and choose what events and whose expression is allowable on campus, meddling in students’ First Amendment rights,” said Jonathan… More

PEN America Urges NO Vote By Greenville, S.C. County Council on Vaguely-Worded Resolution to Censor Childrens’ Books in Libraries

Press ReleaseNovember 1, 2022

Jonathan Friedman, director of PEN America’s Free Expression and Education program, made the following comments: “If passed, this resolution would be an exercise in censorship--ordering the Greenville County Library System… More

PEN America Presents “Censored: Free Speech and Hollywood” Nov. 16 at Central Los Angeles Public Library

Press ReleaseNovember 1, 2022

By reviewing legislation and court decisions, exploring blacklisted artists, and the opening up of representation in the late 20th century, the discussion will explore controversies around representing some themes… More

Removal of 327 Books with LGBTQ+ Themes by TN School District Is “Heartbreaking” Censorship

Press ReleaseAugust 25, 2022

Jeremy C. Young, senior manager of free expression and education programs at PEN America, said in response to the news: “This is a heartbreaking case of administrative censorship and… More

Sept. 2 Launch of Birmingham Reads with Imani Perry’s South to America as First Title; Kick Off Event at Birmingham Civil Rights Institute

Press ReleaseAugust 24, 2022

Ashley M Jones, poet laureate of Alabama and co-chapter leader of PEN Birmingham, said:  “By reading one book of fiction or nonfiction in one given year and then discussing… More

In Its Centenary Year, PEN America Launches Tenth U.S. Regional Chapter in Denver on August 5

Press ReleaseJuly 26, 2022

PEN America CEO Suzanne Nossel said: “We are grateful to add two exceptional regional advocates for free expression and open discourse in Colorado who will join the writer-to-writer solidarity… More

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