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Human Rights Advocate Liesl Gerntholtz Joins PEN America as Inaugural Director of the PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Center

Press ReleaseApril 14, 2022

PEN America CEO Suzanne Nossel said: "We are delighted to have Liesl Gerntholtz join PEN America to spearhead our global work to defend writers and confront mounting threats to… More

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PEN America Announces $10 Million Gift from Edwin Barbey Charitable Trust at the Arizona Community Foundation to Create Freedom to Write Center

Press ReleaseOctober 29, 2021

The literary and free expression group PEN America announced today that it has received a transformative gift of $10 million from the Edwin Barbey Charitable Trust. More

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"The legitimacy of our democracy depends on the free trade in information and ideas, including across international borders. Except in... extreme circumstances, citizens should be able to engage freely with the... platforms of their choice"—@JameelJaffer
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Author Andrey Kurkov (a former @PenUkraine president) won a National @bookcritics Circle Award for his novel “Grey Bees,” about a beekeeper living in the “gray zone” in the Donbas, a region torn by conflict between Russian proxies & the Ukrainian military. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/23/books/national-book-critics-circle-award-2023.html

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