PEN America: Book Burning at Georgia College is Disturbing
"It is deeply disturbing to see a group of students engaged in this kind of conduct,” said Jonathan Friedman, director of the campus free speech project at PEN America. … More
Banned Together: A Censorship Cabaret—Atlanta, GA
Banned Books Week 2019: Freedom to Read
After the Fall: Stories Amid the Echoes of Collapse
Literary Adventure and the American West
Poetry Reading: Rigoberto González and Kate Daniels
Poetry Reading: Richard Blanco and Natalie Scenters-Zapico
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Along with her family, friends, and loved ones, we mourn the loss of former PEN America trustee Elisabeth Sifton. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/13/books/elisabeth-sifton-dead.html
Browse this curated list from @nbc including praise for poet Rocío Carlos (@ninabruja7) & a recommendation from memoirist Reyna Grande (@reynagrande,) both 2003 Emerging Voices Fellows: https://nbcnews.to/2E9xfLF.
PEN America's @jzfriedman says a professor's recent suspension over sharing student-made projects deemed offensive should have been "a teaching opportunity rather than grounds for an investigation." Read the full statement here: https://bit.ly/34jrXrV.