The PEN Ten with Martín Espada
"As a poet with a background in law, I am obsessed by the philosophy, the poetics, and the practice of justice. I am obsessed by what Whitman calls, 'the… More
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NEW: PEN America has filed a legal brief against Puerto Rico's "fake news" law. We argue the bill provides insufficient carveouts to protect press freedom. Our full statement. https://bit.ly/2E2DHr0
Novels written by women using male pen names have been reissued using the authors' actual names to mark the 25th anniversary of the @WomensPrize for Fiction. https://bbc.in/3kI8Vop
Those released from prison and jails in less challenging times routinely face a series of daunting obstacles. Vol 8 of "Temperature Check" examines the heightened conditions of reentry in the time of COVID-19 through reportage, prose, and podcasts: http://bit.ly/3iAHIlC.