The PEN Ten: An Interview with Morgan Jerkins
“I wanted this book to serve as a living, breathing document to other Black people that in spite of the violences against us, in spite of much time and… More
Freedom, Power, and Rage: A Reading List
How can we channel our freedom, power, and rage to create change in the world? The following PEN America book list is an excellent place to start. More
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The Waukee school district removed three LGBTQ books from the Northwest High School library last week after someone requested a review of their contents, school officials say. https://bit.ly/3jGN4yN
PEN America, alongside 10 other human rights organizations, calls on the Egyptian authorities to immediately release journalist Tawfik Ghanem, who has been arbitrarily detained for 150 days solely because of his media work. https://thefreedomi.org/releases/joint-statement-calls-on-egypt-to-immediately-release-journalist-tawfik-ghanem-after-150-days-in-detention/
Final reading below! Massive thank you to everyone at @PENamerica, the fellows, @jennybhatt, and my mentor Patricia Engel. What an incredible time this has been with the PEN America 2021 Emerging Voices fellowship @pen_ev... https://pen.org/event/2021-emerging-voices-final-reading
