Are you an NYC writer invested in community, advocacy, and social justice? Check out PEN America and the Literary Action Coalition's new Writing as Activism Fellowship for NYC-based writer-activists committed to uplifting marginalized voices in our city. https://bit.ly/2ZvShCR

The Waukee school district removed three LGBTQ books from the Northwest High School library last week after someone requested a review of their contents, school officials say. https://bit.ly/3jGN4yN

PEN America, alongside 10 other human rights organizations, calls on the Egyptian authorities to immediately release journalist Tawfik Ghanem, who has been arbitrarily detained for 150 days solely because of his media work. https://thefreedomi.org/releases/joint-statement-calls-on-egypt-to-immediately-release-journalist-tawfik-ghanem-after-150-days-in-detention/