Chip Rolley Assumes PEN World Voices Festival Leadership Amid Deepening Challenges to Free Expression
Chip Rolley, former Artistic Director of the Sydney Writers' Festival, has joined PEN America as the new Director of the PEN World Voices Festival and Senior Director of Literary… More
PEN America to Honor Women’s March with Free Expression Courage Award
PEN America honors the Women's March for acting at a critical moment to overcome the inertia and fear of failure that can impair public mobilization, and for inspiring millions… More
Cutting Off Culture: Immigration Ban Thwarts Artistic Exchange
President Trump’s hasty and malign January 27 Executive Order barring immigration from seven countries, blocking the entry of all refugees, and cutting off all migration from Syria to the… More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
The President and the Protests: plans for largest-in-history inaugural demonstrations kick into high gear as more than 300,000 Americans prepare to descend on the Capitol, while a court imposes… More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression, November 14
NYT pens letter to readers, abducted activist Mexico priest found alive, and more. More
Now What, America? Writers Reflect on the Election
PEN America asked some of the country and the world's prominent writers of all backgrounds to share with us their short reflections on lessons learned during the 2016 U.S.… More
A Muslim Reports: Moustafa Bayoumi on the Presidential Debates
"Still don't know why Trump says "African" *pause* "American."(Same with LGBTQ) As if he's never said those words in that order before!" More
Free Expression Daily Digest: Monday, September 19
Cambodia sentences rights activists to six months in prison, a journalist 'physically restrained' by Trump campaign staff, and more. More
The Daily Show’s Hasan Minhaj to Launch New PEN America Series on Muslim Identity
Amid a presidential campaign cycle infused with anti-Muslim sentiment and high profile hate crimes, PEN America is launching a groundbreaking program to elevate, amplify, and celebrate the voices of… More
Neil Gaiman, Judy Blume, Martin Amis, Robert Caro, and 20,000 More Americans Call on Presidential Candidates to End Attacks on Journalists
More than 20,000 Americans have called on the Republican and Democratic parties and the presumptive presidential nominees to end attacks on journalists and create an open environment for reporters… More