PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature Returns, Celebrating Power to the People
The literary and free expression group PEN America today announced that tickets are now on sale for the 2021 PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature, running May 18-22.… More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Kiese Laymon
“I’m shamefully inspired by the reality of death—earning death, as Baldwin phrased it. . . So, when I don’t want to write and read, I remind myself that we… More
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Twitter has admitted it amplifies more tweets from rightwing politicians and news outlets than content from leftwing sources. https://bit.ly/3m7YFZr
Great roundup of the dizzying variety of book challenges in Texas. They're multiplying! https://twitter.com/TaliRichman/status/1451195202320797710
