PEN America Unveils 50 Years of Literary Luminaries and Cultural Crossroads in Online Archive
PEN America launches archives online, home to over 50 years' worth of audio and video recordings of meetings, panels, and public events, covering a breathtaking range of social, political,… More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Republicans start lining up to protect the N.E.A and N.E.H., Philadelphia cancels their Cinco de Mayo parade after fears of ICE raids, and more. More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
A federal judge in Hawaii temporarily blocks Trump's revised travel ban, the administration's new budget could have dire effects on NEH and NEA, and more. More
Jasper Johns, Rosanne Cash, Hanya Yanagihara, and more than 200,000 Americans Call on Congress to Save Federal Arts Funding
More than 200,000 Americans have joined PEN America, the Daily Kos, and other progressive groups in calling on Congress to reject the proposed federal budget revealed today and to… More
Save the National Endowments for the Arts and the Humanities: What You Can Do
President Trump is soon expected to propose a budget that would completely eliminate funding for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). » What do… More
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A Florida school district placed a warning label on three of my books that insist racism is wrong. It is not hard to figure out what this school district thinks is right. https://twitter.com/penamerica/status/1555662277806034944
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