2020 PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award: Xu Zhiyong
PEN America bestows its 2020 PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award on detained Chinese essayist and activist Xu Zhiyong. More
Prison Writing Committee
Our PEN America Prison Writing Committee is a group of dedicated volunteers whose primary task, among other engagements, is mining over 1,200 entries per year to judge the annual… More
2019 LitFest Television Excellence Presenter: T. Christian Miller
T. Christian Miller is a senior reporter for ProPublica. More
2019 LitFest Television Excellence Presenter: Ken Armstrong
Ken Armstrong is a senior reporter for ProPublica. More
2019 LitFest Special Guest: Blair Underwood
A true multi-hyphenate, Blair Underwood is enjoying success in film, television and theatre, as an actor, director and producer. More
2019 LitFest Dan Eldon Courage in Journalism Award: Julie K. Brown
Julie K. Brown is an investigative reporter with the Miami Herald. More
2019 LitFest Gala Toni Morrison Tribute: LeVar Burton
Two-time Emmy and Grammy award-winning comedian Kathy Griffin will host the 2019 LitFest Gala in Beverly Hills on November 1. More
2019 LitFest Special Guest: Kathy Griffin
Two-time Emmy and Grammy award-winning comedian Kathy Griffin will host the 2019 LitFest Gala in Beverly Hills on November 1. More
2019 LitFest Musical Performer: Chrissy Metz
Emmy and two-time Golden Globe nominee Chrissy Metz, a 2019 LitFest Gala presenter, stars on the award-winning NBC series "This Is Us.” More
2019 LitFest Gala Television Excellence Honoree: “Unbelievable”
Two-time Emmy and Grammy award-winning comedian Kathy Griffin will host the 2019 LitFest Gala in Beverly Hills on November 1. More
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The Philippines will reimpose a stricter coronavirus lockdown in and around the capital for two weeks from Tuesday, President Rodrigo Duterte announced, as the country struggles to contain infections that have jumped to more than 100,000 cases. https://bit.ly/2Xq8apQ
Join PEN America & @usc_uschina on 8/5 for a discussion of PEN America's upcoming report on how Chinese censors have spread their influence across filmmaking in the U.S. — incl. recommendations for how Hollywood can chart a better path forward: https://bit.ly/30tYkFH.
Protesters took to the streets in cities across Russia on Saturday in support of jailed Khabarovsk former governor Sergei Furgal. Russian federal police detained protesters in the cities of Saint Petersburg, Yekaterinburg and Moscow. https://bit.ly/30m2Kye