When Art Precedes Life: On the Persecution of Kirill Serebrennikov
It is the role of civil society now to counter the painful relationship between art and government in Russia, and to prevent it from turning art into suffering. More
St. Petersburg PEN: “This City is Ours!”
The main challenge that St. Petersburg PEN faces is that the Russian authorities have currently set themselves the task of "provincializing Petersburg.". . . More
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Thanks to @Penamerica for taking time to chat about theater-making during the pandemic (recorded pre-protests). There are so many people doing great work during this time, shout out to @AmericanTheatre , @AlabamaShakes , @24HourPlays , @TheWilmaTheater , and @themittenlab ! https://twitter.com/PENamerica/status/1278334546342227968
Brilliant analysis by my colleague @MattBailey0 here @PENamerica of the flurry of bad ideas emerging in Washington to "fix" the problem of Section 230, otherwise known as the 26 words that created the Internet
https://pen.org/three-and-a-half-ways-not-to-fix-the-internet/
NEW: Chile has filed a lawsuit against the feminist artist collective Las Tesis. Our @AtRiskArtists director Julie Trebault says it's an attempt to censor them. https://bit.ly/38nzGsE