Performances for Our Moment: Recordings from L.A. Theatre Works
For your enjoyment, PEN America presents audio recordings of two notable plays—“The Mountaintop” and “Between Riverside and Crazy,” courtesy of L.A. Theatre Works. More
Free Expression Digest: Mon., January 18
Plane leaves Iran with Post reporter, Moroccan journalist released from prison, Two sentenced poets flee Iran. More
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Good news about the fate of arrested Chinese dissidents is rare. His own smile in this picture well reflects how we feel about word that Professor Xu Zhangrun, jailed for an essay critical of Xi Jinping, has been released from detention. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/12/world/asia/xu-zhangrun-china-xi.html?referringSource=articleShare
Find inspiration with PEN/Faulkner award winner @JamesHannaham's installment of the PEN to Paper video series as he stirs the imagination to craft detailed, authentic characters! https://bit.ly/2Zh5ElS
Tune into Bela Shayevich's Just Press Play playlist from @penworldvoices - a curated collection of Soviet darkwave music, the "sounds of perestroika." Listen here: https://bit.ly/3f6cgui. #penworldvoices