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On Bridgeworks Oregon’s “Prisons Have a Long Memory: Life Inside Oregon’s Oldest Prison”

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By: Moira Marquis | March 16, 2023

Moira Marquis reviews Tracy D. Schlapp and Danny Wilson's "Prisons Have a Long Memory: Life Inside Oregon's Oldest Prison" (Bridgeworks Oregon, 2022). More

Where It Hurts: How Book Bans Restrict Access to Healthcare

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By: Kwaneta Harris | March 16, 2023

Kwaneta Harris explains how book bans restrict people who are incarcerated from learning about their reproductive health and other areas of healthcare. More

Hong Kong Authorities Should Drop Sedition Charges Against Booksellers, PEN America Says

Press ReleaseMarch 15, 2023

“Producing and selling a book about Hong Kong’s 2019 protest movement is not a crime. Hong Kong authorities are attempting to rewrite the history of the protests by arresting… More

Honoree Tina Fey Brings Down the House at the 2023 PEN America Literary Awards

newsMarch 3, 2023

Comedy legend Tina Fey continued her three-decade streak of making audiences laugh on Thurs. evening Mar. 2 at the 2023 PEN America Literary Awards with a hilarious speech at… More

PEN America Honors Tina Fey, Vinod Kumar Shukla, Erika Dickerson-Despenza, and 11 Authors and Translators at 2023 Literary Awards Hosted by Kal Penn

Press ReleaseMarch 3, 2023

Tina Fey said: “As a 52-year-old woman who’s been living in New York and writing comedy for 30 years, there aren’t too many rooms anymore where I feel like… More

PEN AMERICA CONVENES LITERARY, ENTERTAINMENT, AND MEDIA LUMINARIES FOR 2023 PEN AMERICA LITERARY AWARDS, “THE OSCARS FOR BOOKS,” THURS., 3/2, THE TOWN HALL, NYC

Press ReleaseMarch 2, 2023

MEDIA ALERT (NEW YORK)—PEN America presents the 2023 PEN America Literary Awards, a momentous celebration of the past year’s best writing, March 2 at The Town Hall in New York… More

Vinod Kumar Shukla and Erika Dickerson-Despenza to Receive Career Achievement Honors at PEN America Literary Awards Ceremony Mar. 2

Press ReleaseFebruary 27, 2023

Clarisse Rosaz Shariyf, Chief Program Officer, Literary Programming at PEN America, said, “The recipients of our Literary Awards’ three career achievement honors reveal the breadth of what human imagination… More

The Speaking Archive: Words from the House of the Dead

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By: Valentina Flores | February 16, 2023

Valentina Flores finds a 1971 anthology by incarcerated writers at Interference Archive, a community-based organization in Brooklyn, New York City. More

What’s Mildred Taylor Got to Do With It?: Race, Prison Book Bans, and the Power in Storytelling

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By: Moira Marquis | February 16, 2023

In this essay on prison book bans, Moira Marquis uses "The 1619 Project" to explain how limiting access to Black history and culture is deleterious to people who are… More

Tina Fey to Receive 2023 PEN/Mike Nichols Writing for Performance Award at 3/2 PEN America Literary Awards in NYC

Press ReleaseFebruary 15, 2023

(NEW YORK)—PEN America today announced that Tina Fey, nine-time Emmy Award winner and one of the greatest comedy writers of her generation, will receive the 2023 PEN/Mike Nichols Writing… More

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