PEN America
Donate Now
  • Issues & Advocacy
    • Book Bans
    • Educational Censorship
    • Campus Free Speech
    • Disinformation
    • Online Abuse
    • Writers at Risk
    • Artists at Risk Connection (ARC)
    • Global Advocacy
    • NYC Literary Action Coalition
    • Next Gen PEN
  • Writers & Readers
    • Literary Awards
    • Grants & Fellowships
    • PEN Across America
    • Prison and Justice Writing
    • Workshops & Trainings
    • Writers in the Schools Committee
    • Children’s and YA Books Committee
    • Translation Resources
  • Festival & Events
    • Events Calendar
    • Event Series
    • 2023 PEN America Literary Gala
    • 2023 PEN America Literary Awards Ceremony
    • 2022 PEN World Voices Festival
    • Authors’ Evenings
  • Read The Latest
    • Research & Reports
    • News & Analysis
    • Take Action
    • Press Releases
    • Interviews & Features
    • PEN America Publications
  • Membership
  • About
    • PEN America at 100
    • About Us
    • PEN America Racial Equity Statement
    • Leadership and Staff
    • Trustees
    • Careers
    • Digital Archives
  • Give
    • Donate Now
    • More Ways to Give
    • Shop
PEN America
Donate Now
  • Advocacy
    & Action
  • Writers
    & Readers
  • Festivals
    & Events
  • Issues & Advocacy
    • Book Bans
    • Educational Censorship
    • Campus Free Speech
    • Disinformation
    • Online Abuse
    • Writers at Risk
    • Artists at Risk Connection (ARC)
    • Global Advocacy
    • NYC Literary Action Coalition
    • Next Gen PEN
  • Writers & Readers
    • Literary Awards
    • Grants & Fellowships
    • PEN Across America
    • Prison and Justice Writing
    • Workshops & Trainings
    • Writers in the Schools Committee
    • Children’s and YA Books Committee
    • Translation Resources
  • Festival & Events
    • Events Calendar
    • Event Series
    • 2023 PEN America Literary Gala
    • 2023 PEN America Literary Awards Ceremony
    • 2022 PEN World Voices Festival
    • Authors’ Evenings
  • Read The Latest
    • Research & Reports
    • News & Analysis
    • Take Action
    • Press Releases
    • Interviews & Features
    • PEN America Publications
  • Membership
  • About
    • PEN America at 100
    • About Us
    • PEN America Racial Equity Statement
    • Leadership and Staff
    • Trustees
    • Careers
    • Digital Archives
  • Give
    • Donate Now
    • More Ways to Give
    • Shop
  • Home
Literature Locked Up Banned Books Week 2019 image

Banned Books Week 2019: From Trauma to Transformation

Friday, September 27, 2019 | 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
 More Information
Banned Books Week Book Covers 2019

Literature Locked Up: A Banned Books Week 2019 Reading List

Recommended ReadingSeptember 23, 2019

As part of our "Literature Locked Up" campaign, PEN America presents a reading list of books that have been or are currently banned from prisons. More

Literature Locked Up Banned Books Week 2019 image

Banned Books Week 2019: Banned Books Week Open Mic

Saturday, September 28, 2019 | 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
 More Information
Literature Locked Up Banned Books Week 2019 image

Banned Books Week 2019: Literature Locked Up Banned Book Reading and Public Discussion

Tuesday, September 24, 2019 | 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
 More Information
Literature Locked Up Banned Books Week 2019 image

Banned Books Week 2019: Banned Books Week(end) at Deep Vellum

Saturday, September 28, 2019 | 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
 More Information
Literature Locked Up Banned Books Week 2019 image

Banned Books Week 2019: Ann Arbor

Sunday, September 22, 2019 | 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
 More Information
Literature Locked Up Banned Books Week 2019 image

Banned Books Week 2019: Banned Books Bash

Wednesday, September 25, 2019 | 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
 More Information
Banned Books Week 2019: Freedom To Read

Banned Books Week 2019: Freedom to Read

Friday, September 27, 2019 | 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
 More Information
Banned Books Week 2019 Salman Rushdie And Laila Lalami

Banned Books Week 2019: Salman Rushdie and Laila Lalami

Tuesday, September 24, 2019 | 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
 More Information

Join PEN America Today

Defend free expression, support persecuted writers, and promote literary culture.

Subscribe

Get updates on events, literary awards, free expression issues, and global news.

 
 
  • What's New
Salman Rushdie’s New Novel Turns a Spotlight On the Enduring Power of Stories
PEN America: Arrest of Protesters in Georgia on Broad and Vaguely-Worded ‘Domestic Terrorism’ Charges Could Chill the Right to Protest
PEN America Speaks: How We Defended and Celebrated Free Expression This Week
PEN America Condemns Ongoing Russian Efforts to Stifle Independent Media and Civil Society

Alert Us

Are you an artist at risk or know someone who is?

PEN America On  

penamerica PEN America @penamerica ·
25m

"It's important that we build an army... instead of going on the defensive... we really (need to) go on the offensive... (to) protect and expand the right to read," says @TracieDHall1 #RightToReadAct #Students #Teachers #Librarians

Reply on Twitter 1620819666309627904 Retweet on Twitter 1620819666309627904 4 Like on Twitter 1620819666309627904 8 Twitter 1620819666309627904
penamerica PEN America @penamerica ·
1h

When it announced its A.P. course, the @CollegeBoard clearly believed it was providing a class whose time had come. After heavy criticism from Gov. DeSantis, it has removed much of the subject matter that had angered the governor and other conservatives. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/01/us/college-board-advanced-placement-african-american-studies.html

Reply on Twitter 1620809743010000897 Retweet on Twitter 1620809743010000897 15 Like on Twitter 1620809743010000897 19 Twitter 1620809743010000897
Retweet on Twitter PEN America Retweeted
lisatolin Lisa Tolin @lisatolin ·
1h

I'm in awe of the strength and grace of @MsBoismier_ELA and so grateful I got to interview her about helping students fight book bans. https://twitter.com/PENamerica/status/1620784813719564288

Reply on Twitter 1620805456041242624 Retweet on Twitter 1620805456041242624 2 Like on Twitter 1620805456041242624 2 Twitter 1620805456041242624
PEN America
588 Broadway, Suite 303
New York, NY 10012
T (212) 334-1660 F (212) 334-2181
PEN America Los Angeles
1370 N. St Andrews Place
Los Angeles, CA 90028
T (323) 424-4939
PEN America Washington, D.C.
1100 13th Street NW, Suite 800
Washington, D.C. 20005
Donate Today
 
Copyright © 2023 PEN America. All rights reserved.   |   Privacy Policy