Open Letter to the Egyptian Ministry of Justice
We, the undersigned, call for an open and transparent investigation into the jailing and death of Shady Habash, a 24-year-old filmmaker who died in custody. More
Open Letter to Los Angeles City Council Members from Los Angeles Literary Arts Organizations and Allies
We write as Los Angeles-based literary arts organizations and allies supporting this city’s writers and literary professionals amid the COVID-19 epidemic. More
An Open Letter from New York City Literary Arts Organizations to New York City Council Members
We write to you as New York City literary arts organizations committed to fostering the wellbeing of the city’s community of writers and other literary professionals struggling amid the… More
Letter: Organizations Demand Prison E-Book Readers Drop Access Fees During COVID-19
TO: Dave Abel, President and CEO of Aventiv Technologies, Inc (parent company of Securus Technologies and JPay) Deborah Alderson, CEO of Global Tel Link (GTL) We, the undersigned, are a coalition of… More
Letter: Local News and Coronavirus Stimulus Legislation
We, the undersigned organizations, write to express our concern over the disappearance of local news and information in communities around the country. More
An Open Letter from Over 50 NGOs and Individuals to the UAE Authorities
As the Hay Festival Abu Dhabi opens in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), we the undersigned call on the Emirati authorities to demonstrate their respect for the right to… More
An Open Letter to His Excellency Mr. Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China
We, the undersigned members of the literary, academic, and linguistic community, join PEN America in calling for the release of Tibetan language advocate Tashi Wangchuk. More
Letter: Writers, Academics, and Free Speech Advocates Call on Babson to Reinstate Professor
Dr. Stephen Spinelli Jr. Office of the President Babson College We, the undersigned, write to express our concern at the recent firing of Asheen Phansey by Babson College. As a group of… More
Letter: Indian Government Must Review Decision to Revoke Writer’s Overseas Citizenship Status
As writers, journalists, and Members of PEN America and the Authors Guild, we write to express our concern about the apparent murder of Jamal Khashoggi. More
140 NGOs CALL FOR RELEASE OF EMIRATI HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER AHMED MANSOOR ON HIS 50TH BIRTHDAY
Open letter to the Emirati authorities to free human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor on his 50th Birthday Your Excellency, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al Nahyan, The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has… More
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As we close out #APAHM, @KayaPress author Rajiv @rajivmohabir (who also received the PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grant) curated this reading list featuring books from the Asian Americas, inviting us to reexamine “Asian American” as a complicated category: https://bit.ly/3gy0vOh.
"I turned to cooking, as many have, first to stockpile, then as distraction, then as comfort—which brought me back to Nani’s murbo recipe," says editor Pooja Makhjiani. Check out Pooja's raw mango murbo recipe as part of this week's Writers Who Cook: https://bit.ly/2yJTMjj.
The Polish government has withdrawn two fines imposed on a group of artists who were accused of breaking social distancing rules during the #COVID19 pandemic. https://bit.ly/2XbKeaa