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Take Back the Net: Fighting Online Hate

Saturday, April 21, 2018 | 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
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PEN Out Loud: Writing War

Thursday, May 24, 2018 | 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
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Media & Marginalization – Positively Queer

Tuesday, April 24, 2018 | 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
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PEN West: A Poetry Reading by Matthew Zapruder and Javier Zamora

Saturday, April 7, 2018 | 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
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PEN Out Loud: Freedom, Power, and Rage

Friday, April 20, 2018 | 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
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Literary Quest: Westbeth Edition

Thursday, April 28, 2016 | 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm
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Secret Sources: Whistleblowers, National Security, Free Expression Panel Discussion

AdvocacyNovember 17, 2015

NSA whistleblower Thomas Drake, Jesselyn Radack of ExposeFacts' Whistleblower & Source Protection Program, journalist James Risen, and Susan Glasser of Politico debate the impact of the Obama administration’s aggressive… More

Equity in Publishing: What Should Editors Be Doing?

Conversation
By: Antonio Aiello | October 24, 2015

In light of recent conversations on the lack of equity and diversity in the publishing industry, editors and other industry gatekeepers weigh in on how to mark out a… More

A Literary Quest

Friday, May 8, 2015 | 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm
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Voices from Ukraine and Belarus Part II

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By: Ilya Kaminsky | April 23, 2014

Biblical tradition heavily also had a strong influence on Ukrainian literature and poetry in particular. In short, there has always been an active exchange going on, even when at… More

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