PEN America
Donate Now
  • Issues & Advocacy
    • Book Bans
    • Educational Censorship
    • Campus Free Speech
    • Disinformation
    • Online Abuse
    • Writers at Risk
    • Artists at Risk Connection (ARC)
    • Global Advocacy
    • NYC Literary Action Coalition
    • Next Gen PEN
  • Writers & Readers
    • Literary Awards
    • Grants & Fellowships
    • PEN Across America
    • Prison and Justice Writing
    • Workshops & Trainings
    • Writers in the Schools Committee
    • Children’s and YA Books Committee
    • Translation Committee
  • Festival & Events
    • Events Calendar
    • Event Series
    • 2023 PEN America Literary Gala
    • 2023 PEN America Literary Awards Ceremony
    • 2022 PEN World Voices Festival
    • Authors’ Evenings
  • Read The Latest
    • Research & Reports
    • Take Action
    • #FreeTheBooks
    • Press Releases
    • Interviews & Features
    • PEN America Publications
  • Membership
  • About
    • PEN America at 100
    • About Us
    • PEN America Racial Equity Statement
    • Leadership and Staff
    • Trustees
    • Careers
    • Digital Archives
  • Give
    • Donate Now
    • Become a PEN America Young Patron
    • More Ways to Give
    • Shop
PEN America
Donate Now
  • Advocacy
    & Action
  • Writers
    & Readers
  • Festivals
    & Events
  • Issues & Advocacy
    • Book Bans
    • Educational Censorship
    • Campus Free Speech
    • Disinformation
    • Online Abuse
    • Writers at Risk
    • Artists at Risk Connection (ARC)
    • Global Advocacy
    • NYC Literary Action Coalition
    • Next Gen PEN
  • Writers & Readers
    • Literary Awards
    • Grants & Fellowships
    • PEN Across America
    • Prison and Justice Writing
    • Workshops & Trainings
    • Writers in the Schools Committee
    • Children’s and YA Books Committee
    • Translation Committee
  • Festival & Events
    • Events Calendar
    • Event Series
    • 2023 PEN America Literary Gala
    • 2023 PEN America Literary Awards Ceremony
    • 2022 PEN World Voices Festival
    • Authors’ Evenings
  • Read The Latest
    • Research & Reports
    • Take Action
    • #FreeTheBooks
    • Press Releases
    • Interviews & Features
    • PEN America Publications
  • Membership
  • About
    • PEN America at 100
    • About Us
    • PEN America Racial Equity Statement
    • Leadership and Staff
    • Trustees
    • Careers
    • Digital Archives
  • Give
    • Donate Now
    • Become a PEN America Young Patron
    • More Ways to Give
    • Shop
  • Home

The PEN Ten: 12 Days of Writing Advice

Interview
By: Lisa Tolin | December 25, 2022

PEN America has been in conversation with authors, poets, and other artists from its inception. This holiday season, we are sharing 12 pieces of writing advice. More

Author Etaf Rum, Pen Ten Interview

“Find your truth and tell it:” A PEN Ten Interview with Etaf Rum

Interview
By: Lily Philpott | October 10, 2019

"The process of translation makes clear that no one language has power over another." More

Join PEN America Today

Defend free expression, support persecuted writers, and promote literary culture.

Subscribe

Get updates on events, literary awards, free expression issues, and global news.

 
 
  • What's New
PEN America/PEN International: Chinese Authorities Should Immediately Release Blogger Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison
PEN America, With Other Free Speech Organizations, Sends Letter to Congress Opposing Proposed National TikTok Ban
Letter to Congress Opposing Federal Law to Impose a Ban on TikTok
PEN America and Amani: Africa Creative Defence Network Call on Ugandan President to Veto Anti-LGBTQI Rights Law, Condemning it as a Serious Strike Against Free Expression

Alert Us

Are you an artist at risk or know someone who is?

PEN America On  

Retweet on Twitter PEN America Retweeted
freadomfighters FReadom @freadomfighters ·
3h

Watch this. She knows what’s at stake. https://twitter.com/penamerica/status/1638729237027864579

Reply on Twitter 1639253281552646144 Retweet on Twitter 1639253281552646144 15 Like on Twitter 1639253281552646144 45 Twitter 1639253281552646144
Retweet on Twitter PEN America Retweeted
ellenscalves Scalfi @ellenscalves ·
1h

This is infuriating, scary, and heartbreaking. https://twitter.com/penamerica/status/1639272069111115780

Reply on Twitter 1639272905837015041 Retweet on Twitter 1639272905837015041 2 Like on Twitter 1639272905837015041 13 Twitter 1639272905837015041
penamerica PEN America @penamerica ·
1h

"I read at a 9th-grade level."

"I like getting books from our library—which we can't do right now."

"They've pulled all the award-winning books."

WATCH: Advanced 4th-grade readers in #Florida tell @wjxt4 how #censorship is holding back their education:
https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2023/03/23/watch-florida-4th-graders-react-to-battle-over-school-libraries-media-centers/

Reply on Twitter 1639272069111115780 Retweet on Twitter 1639272069111115780 44 Like on Twitter 1639272069111115780 75 Twitter 1639272069111115780
PEN America
588 Broadway, Suite 303
New York, NY 10012
T (212) 334-1660 F (212) 334-2181
PEN America Los Angeles
1370 N. St Andrews Place
Los Angeles, CA 90028
T (323) 424-4939
PEN America Washington, D.C.
1100 13th Street NW, Suite 800
Washington, D.C. 20005
Donate Today
 
Copyright © 2023 PEN America. All rights reserved.   |   Privacy Policy