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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I'm looking forward to the conversation next week with @jzfriedman for a @PENamerica virtual event -- https://pen.org/event/the-common-room-campus-demonstrations-and-covid19/
Yes, there's covid, racial injustice, misinformation. But there's also @cindi_leive @astradisastra @TheWayWithAnoa @_alynnbryant chatting w/ me about democracy & storytelling. Check out our new @PENamerica series w/ these all-star women. Happy Friday y'all.https://pen.org/campaign/what-to-expect-2020/
Journalists worldwide urgently need a more forceful and purposeful U.S. posture in the defense of press freedom. We applaud @amyklobuchar and her Senate colleagues for urging @SecPompeo to make this a central element of U.S. foreign policy moving forward. https://rb.gy/5jf534