Guantánamo Diary: An Evening of Reading and Conversation
Authors, activists, and PEN Members ranging from Lili Taylor to Andrew Solomon to Ayana Mathis and poet Eileen Myles took the stage in front of a packed house for… More
Watch: Guantánamo Diary – An Evening of Reading and Conversation
Molly Crabapple, Justin Vivian Bond, John Guare, Ayana Mathis, Eileen Myles, Dina Salah Amer, Andrew Solomon, and Lili Taylor took the stage read from Mohamadou Ould Slahi's Guantánamo Diary.… 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
Reckoning with Torture: Readings by Samantha Osaki and Lili Taylor
The Reckoning with Torture project is based on a simple but powerful notion: that coming to terms with human rights abuses starts with reading the documentary record. 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