Syrian Refugee Writer Picks Up His Pen Again
He remembers the evening when he was able to pick up his pen. “Our men’s group had a good discussion that lasted four hours,” he recalled. “Afterwards, I felt… More
The PEN Ten with Masha Hamilton
It was about 8PM, already dark. As we greeted a man and his mother in a narrow, unlit street of the camp, soldiers on rooftops swooped down on us.… More
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Vandana Singh (@singhvanda) for PEN America's #IndiaAt75
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Join us Friday August 19:
One week after the brutal attack on author @SalmanRushdie, the NY literary community is rallying in solidarity and presenting public readings from Rushdie's works on the steps of @nypl on 5th Avenue.
#StandWithSalman. Details: https://pen.org/event/stand-with-salman/
#IRAN: PEN International and PEN Centres are seriously concerned about the health of imprisoned Baha’i writer and poet Mahvash Sabet, who was arrested on 31 July by Iranian authorities. We call for her immediate and unconditional release: https://pen-international.org/news/iran-authorities-must-release-writer-and-poet-mahvash-sabet
