PEN/Jean Stein Grant for Literary Oral History
The PEN/Jean Stein Grant recognizes a literary work of nonfiction that uses oral history to illuminate an event, individual, place, or movement. More
2018 PEN/Jean Stein Grant for Literary Oral History
The PEN/Jean Stein Grant recognizes a literary work of nonfiction that uses oral history to illuminate an event, individual, place, or movement. More
Regret’s Tragic Romance
"Didn't anybody understand he was MY dad long before he was anything to them? I admit I was jealous and a little angry. I may even have subconsciously wandered… More
Conflagration
"I felt a line of saliva fall out of my numbing mouth while I stared at the bright red bumps of the stings on my ankles. I don't remember… More
On a Railroad (Soo-Line)
"The Soo-Line was not the sole property of youth, though. Others, who had once been young and full of bravado, traveled on occasion down its rusted steel path. They were… More
Solitary Confinement
"The smile I wear is a disguise. It masks my tears. My eyes reveal the deception. This is my 19th year in prison. Year five living in the dungeon.… More
Class Notes: A Protest March
September 2012, they chose to take to the streets, band together, and shout as much as they liked. It fulfilled an inner need for which other people abandoned rationality… More
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In a new report by @CIVICUSMonitor, Australia has been downgraded from an “open” country to one where civil space has “narrowed”: https://bit.ly/2E4DO20
In Cambodia, a non-governmental media organization that helped Cambodians to access non-government-controlled information has become a glimmer of hope in an otherwise bruising environment for independent media: https://bit.ly/36hYcJd via @VOANews.
Lebanese journalists are facing threats and wide-ranging harassment in their work while reporting on nearly 50 days of anti-government protests: https://bit.ly/2P5AQ3M via @AssociatedPress.