Open Letter: Authors Demand Texas School District Reinstate Their Books
Authors join together demanding that a Texas school district reverse its decision to ban their books. 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
Banned Books Week: A Reading List
In honor of this year’s Banned Books Week, we have gathered a list of books—both classic and contemporary titles—that have been challenged by school districts, governments, and other bodies… More
Community Rallies After Alaska School Board Bans Books
"Banning books from schools based on ‘controversial’ content rather misses the point of both education and literature." More
Tennessee’s Parental Oversight of Public Libraries Act Would Censor Books, Jail Librarians
“This bill would empower a small group of people to act as morality police for entire communities and would punish libraries and librarians who act to safeguard the fundamental… More
Not Surprised But Appalled: Readers and Writers Speak Out Against Missouri Book Banning Bill
Lawmakers in Missouri have proposed a bill that would legalize arbitrary book bans and potentially land librarians in prison for sharing banned books with children. The news quickly picked… More
Proposed Book Banning Bill in Missouri Could Imprison Librarians
(New York, NY) – A bill proposed in Missouri this month represents a transparent, shameful attempt to legalize book banning in public libraries within the state, PEN America said… More
Literature Locked Up: How Prison Book Restriction Policies Constitute the Nation’s Largest Book Ban
Literature Locked Up: How Prison Book Restriction Policies Constitute the Nation’s Largest Book Ban details book banning in American prisons. More
PEN America Urges Illinois Prison Officials to Reverse ‘Troubling’ Decision to Remove 200+ Books in a Prison Library
"The fact that these removed books deal primarily with contemporary racial issues is, unfortunately, not a surprise to us,” said James Tager, Deputy Director of Free Expression Research and… More
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PEN America has joined @POMED, @hrw, and other human rights groups in calling for the Biden administration to investigate Egypt's role in the murder of Saudi journalist and U.S. resident Jamal Khashoggi. See our statement here: https://bit.ly/3vSegh6.
Join PEN America, the Project on Middle East Democracy (@POMED), and members of Turkey’s cultural, artistic, and literary communities in discussion of these trends and recommendations on how policymakers might respond to Erdoğan’s campaign of repression. https://pen.org/event/cracking-down-on-creative-voices-turkey/
