On Difficult Conversations
As I look at the gulf between these bases of support, I’ve been thinking about “difficult conversation”—what that means, how it happens, and what we hope can come… More
Secret Sources: A Conversation with Edward Snowden
Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden spoke to PEN's Executive Director Suzanne Nossel via Skype about whistleblowing and questions of conscience. More
Obsession: Masha Gessen on Citizen-Victims
Sometimes a thought just won't go away. For Masha Gessen, the unrelenting thought is this: Those who live in a totalitarian state are like victims of abuse. The acclaimed… More
Alert Us
Are you an artist at risk or know someone who is?
PEN America On 
What happens if, in a fit of fury over being fact-checked by @Twitter, the President samples a bunch of off-the-cuff fulminations with a warmed over, never vetted draft decision directive? Today's #ExecutiveOrder on social media. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/05/28/trump-social-media-executive-order/
$50,000 grants for civic projects throughout the United States have been awarded to 23 poets this year through @POETSorg. See the full list of Poets Laureate Fellowship recipients here: https://nyti.ms/2Bb7L2s.
Our CEO @SuzanneNossel on the president's latest executive order.