PEN Podcast: Kwame Antony Appiah Introduces Writers Rally for Release of Liu Xiaobo
Kwame Anthony Appiah on Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, who was sentenced to 11 years in prison on Christmas Day, 2009. More
Fifth Anniversary of Awarding of Nobel Peace Prize to Liu Xiaobo
We revisit the remarks of former PEN American President Kwame Anthony Appiah in support of Liu Xiaobo’s nomination for the prize. More
PEN World Voices Festival Tenth Anniversary Highlights
Founded in 2005 under the direction of Salman Rushdie, the PEN World Voices Festival has hosted more than 1,400 writers from 78 countries, speaking 56 languages. More
PEN International Reiterates Call to Release Liu Xiaobo as Peace Prize Awarded
Today in Oslo, PEN International has reiterated its call, echoed by writers, journalists and essayists, as well as political and civic leaders around the world, for the immediate and… More
Princeton scholar re-elected as PEN president
NEW YORK — Author-scholar Kwame Anthony Appiah has been elected to a second one-year term as president of the PEN American Center. In a statement released Wednesday by the… More
PEN Election Results: Anthony Appiah Reelected as President of PEN
PEN American Center, the largest branch of the world’s oldest literary and human rights organization, announced yesterday the reelection of Kwame Anthony Appiah, the scholar, author, and critic, to… More
Writers Ring in New Year with Call to Free Liu Xiaobo
E.L. Doctorow, Don DeLillo, A.M. Homes, Edward Albee and dozens of other members of PEN American Center staged a New Year’s Eve rally this morning on the steps of… More
Kwame Anthony Appiah: 2009 Inaugural Remarks
March 17, 2009 | PEN American Center | NYCKwame Anthony AppiahI am very honored to have been elected to the Presidency of the PEN American Center. PEN has a… More
PEN Election Results: Kwame Anthony Appiah Named President
New York, NY, March 19, 2009—PEN American Center, the 3400-member association of literary writers, editors, and translators, announced yesterday the election of Kwame Anthony Appiah, the acclaimed scholar, author,… More
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We are relieved to see the confirmed release of Ismail Alexandrani, a researcher and columnist, after seven years in prison. Egyptian authorities should never have imprisoned Alexandrani for his #FreedomToWrite. https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypt-releases-ismail-alexandrani-sinai-journalist-jailed-2015
Today, we mourn Ukrainian writer Volodymyr Vakulenko as his family and friends gather for his funeral. He was a children’s author and poet.
Vakulenko’s death is an incalculable loss for Ukrainian culture and an assault on the cultural community—a clear target of Russia’s war.
"When you erase the history of a people, you begin to erase their presence in the present... #LGBTQ children are robbed of the opportunity to learn... that there is a rich history of their elders who made the world safe for them." https://rewirenewsgroup.com/2022/12/05/christian-conservatives-want-to-control-classrooms-and-libraries/ via @RewireNewsGroup