PEN America Condemns Arrests of Iranian Filmmakers as a “Brazen Violation” of Human Rights
“The Iranian government’s decision to detain Mohammad Rasoulof, Mostafa Aleahmad, and Jafar Panahi marks a brazen violation of their human right to free expression and speech,” said Julie Trébault,… More
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A poetry translation event organized by Kevin M.F. Platt of @PennSAS, in partnership with @PENamerica, brought Russian-language poets and American translators together in Armenia with the goal of making Russophone voices opposed to war heard in English.
https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/translating-russophone-poetry-resistance-english
Sea Change by @ginathechung is one of the most anticipated literary debuts of 2023.
In a new #PENTen interview, Donica Bettanin talks to Chung about the grounding power of nature in her work, a lifetime of reading, and this summer’s signature cocktail. https://pen.org/the-pen-ten-an-interview-with-gina-chung/