Oleg’s Freedom and What’s Next for Prisoners of Conscience
In this PEN Q&A, Polina Kovaleva reflects on the Oleg Sentsov's release from a Russian prison and what it means for other political prisoners. More
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Fatima Shaik: ”Books Like These Are Meant to be Troubling”
On Tuesday, December 6, the Accomack County Public Schools Board, in eastern Virginia, voted to return the books To Kill a Mockingbird and Huckleberry Finn to county classrooms. The… More
The PEN Ten with Atticus Lish
War may be the ultimate subject. Its truth is elusive. They say only the dead know war. More
The PEN Ten with Maxwell Neely-Cohen
I think that publishers and editors have a great deal of responsibility, but I’m not sure that writers do. Write the best book you possibly can. That’s it. More
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We should all have an opinion about how the social media companies are moderating content online. Here are 3 big discussions PEN America's @mattbailey0 says we should have ASAP: https://bit.ly/3gHwDy9.
Four writers weigh in on the open letter in Harper’s Magazine, co-signed by 150 writers and academics, that claims “cancel culture” is infringing on free speech. https://bit.ly/321SiNq
TikTok experiments with letting users post political videos. TikTok was previously seen and pitched as the “non-political app,” but politics appear to be catching up with the social media platform. https://on.wsj.com/2ZXl8vK