In Conversation: Vladimir Sorokin and Keith Gessen
In today's PEN Podcast, we feature a conversation between n+1 co-editor Keith Gessen and Russian novelist Vladimir Sorokin. Sorokin's novel The Blizzard was recently longlisted for PEN's 2016 Literary… More
In Conversation: Vladimir Sorokin and Keith Gessen
Vladimir Sorokin, considered by many to be the next Roberto Bolaño, is one of Russia's most accomplished and well-regarded novelists and dramatists. English translations of his masterpieces, Ice Trilogy… More
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This remarkable anthology by @PENamerica on #IndiaAt75 is truly “a historic document” - a treasure trove of incisive, poignant & sublime writing by some of the finest writers today…
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India at 75 - PEN America https://pen.org/india-at-75/
“Chilling”: GOP has introduced 136 “educational gag order” bills in 37 states just this year
"This year's bills have been strikingly more punitive," warns #PENAmerica
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PEN America's @LieslGerntholtz: "The grotesque sentencing of Salma Al-Shehab"—a Saudi student at Leeds University (U.K.) sentenced to 34 years in prison for her Twitter activity—"is yet another abhorrent restriction of free expression in #SaudiArabia." https://pen.org/press-release/pen-america-condemns-grotesque-sentencing-of-saudi-student-to-34-years-in-prison-for-her-tweets/