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PEN Québec: A New Generation on a Familiar Quest for Literary Identity

InterviewOctober 15, 2017

There’s always a quest for identity. Whichever way you look at it, I feel that every writer in Québec is somehow drawn to this question. More

Hamit Hamraev and Kaiser Abdurusul

PEN Uyghur Center: Powerful Literature in a Fleeting Language

InterviewSeptember 15, 2017

As a Uyghur writer, I cannot truly understand or write any novel, story, or poem in Chinese. It isn’t possible because Chinese is not my language… More

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PEN Estonia: Raising Popularity of Women’s Writing

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By: PEN America | October 7, 2016

The women writers are gaining ground. Books by women and girls are popular and writing is popular with women. We have many wonderful ones but let me introduce two… More

PEN Mexico: A Flourishing Literary Scene Despite Ongoing Impunity

Interview
By: PEN America | August 14, 2016

In the eighth PEN World Series feature, we speak to PEN Mexico about the free expression challenges facing Mexican writers and journalists. More

PEN Afrikaans: Rethinking a Language and its Legacy

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By: PEN America | June 14, 2016

In the seventh installment of the PEN World Series, we speak to PEN Afrikaans about the free expression challenges facing speakers of Afrikaans in South Africa. More

Ukrainian PEN: Flourishing Expression in the Face of Repression and Dichotomy

Interview
By: PEN America | April 15, 2016

In the fifth installment of the PEN World Series, we speak to Ukrainian PEN about the free expression challenges and literary traditions of Ukraine. More

German PEN: Facing Challenges to Integration and Hate Speech

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By: PEN America | March 21, 2016

In the fourth installment of the PEN World Series, we speak to German PEN about the free expression challenges and literary traditions of Germany. More

Zambian PEN Center: Promoting Literature & Indigenous Languages

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By: PEN America | February 18, 2016

In the fourth installment of the PEN World Series, we speak to Zambian PEN Center about the free expression challenges and literary traditions of Zambia. More

PEN Eritrea: Defiance in the Face of Extreme Repression

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By: PEN America | January 15, 2016

In the third installment of the PEN World Series, we speak to PEN Eritrea about the free expression challenges and literary traditions of Eritrea. More

PEN South Africa: Looking Towards Progress

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By: PEN America | December 16, 2015

In the second installment of the PEN World Series, we speak to PEN South Africa about the free expression challenges and literary traditions of South Africa. More

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