SIGN NOW: Protect Jason Renard Walker, Prison Journalist
Jason Walker has been reporting from inside Texas prisons for the last seven years. More
SIGN NOW: Hinds County Schools, Reading Is Not a Crime
We object to the idea that reading a children's book shouldn't be the cause for a teacher's firing in Mississippi. More
SIGN NOW: China Must Release Detained Essayist Xu Zhiyong
As representatives of the global literary community, we write to call for the immediate and unconditional release of essayist and legal scholar Xu Zhiyong. More
SIGN NOW: Demand Burbank Schools Reinstate Banned Books
We the undersigned object to the news that several books dealing with the subject of race in America have been temporarily banned within Burbank public school classes. More
SIGN NOW: Iran Must Release Nasrin Sotoudeh
We write to call for the immediate and unconditional release of writer, human rights lawyer, and activist Nasrin Sotoudeh. More
An Open Letter in Solidarity with the People of Belarus
As writers and artists around the world, we join PEN America in calling on the Belarusian government to stop its violent abuses of peaceful protesters. More
United Against Hate: A Statement of Solidarity
We, the undersigned, call on everyday citizens to join us in standing in solidarity with all those targeted by hate during COVID-19. More
Mayor De Blasio: Expand COVID19 relief funding to NYC’s literary arts community
We, members of the literary community in New York City, call on you to ensure writers and the literary arts organizations who support them are provided meaningful support. More
SIGN NOW: Demand Charges be Dropped Against Three Saudi Writer-Activists
Sign the petition to call on the Saudi Arabian government to drop all charges against these courageous writer-activists and 2019 Freedom to Write awardees. More
Add Your Name: Join 100 Writers, Journalists, Artists, and Activists in Calling on the United Nations to Investigate the Murder of Jamal Khashoggi
Sign the letter to UN Secretary-General António Guterres calling for an immediate investigation into the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. More
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This #WomensHistoryMonth, PEN staff came together to list books that deeply impacted us, and helped us understand sisterhood, and the importance of lifting each other up through a poststructuralist, hetero-patriarchal world. Happy reading and growing!
https://bookshop.org/lists/let-the-women-inspire-you-this-womenshistorymonth