We are thrilled to announce that Nobel laureate and acclaimed Nigerian writer, poet, and playwright Wole Soyinka will present Henry Louis Gates Jr. (@HenryLouisGates) with the PEN/Audible Literary Service Award at the 2021 #PENGala. https://bit.ly/3j3uNfD

Gather with others on the journey to prison abolition to talk about how you can begin realizing a home, a country, and a world without prisons right where you are. Join @scalawagmag and PEN America TODAY for Realizing Abolition. https://scalawagmagazine.org/2021/06/realizing-abolition-event/

BREAKING: PEN America welcomes decision by #SCOTUS defending the First Amendment rights of a student. Read our statement from @jzfriedman. https://pen.org/press-release/supreme-court-made-right-call-in-student-free-speech-case/