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Polina Kovaleva and Oleg Sentsov Q&A, PEN America

Oleg’s Freedom and What’s Next for Prisoners of Conscience

By: Polina Sadovskaya | November 5, 2019

In this PEN Q&A, Polina Kovaleva reflects on the Oleg Sentsov's release from a Russian prison and what it means for other political prisoners. More

Photo of Polina Kovaleva, Lev Golinkin and Katherine Young

Boston Book Festival: Activism, Free Expression, and Dissent in Eurasia

Saturday, October 19, 2019 | 4:45 pm – 5:45 pm
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Oleg Sentsov in prison

Ukrainian Filmmaker Oleg Sentsov Released After More Than Five Years in Russian Prison

Press ReleaseSeptember 7, 2019

“We are jubilant that Oleg is finally free to reunite with his beloved children and to speak his mind.’ More

Agnieszka Holland

“It is Our Duty to be the Voice of the Voiceless”: An Interview with Filmmaker Agnieszka Holland

Interview
By: Polina Sadovskaya | February 20, 2019

"This is a moment when we cannot just lock ourselves in our comfort zone, in our bubble, and believe that we have to speak only on what concerns us." More

Participants in the yurt encampment in Tosor, Kyrgyzstan

First Forum of European and Asian PEN Centers

DispatchOctober 2, 2018

A convening of PEN centers in Kyrgyzstan took place with authors and journalists from regional countries discussing literature and free expression. More

Carneci Magda

Romanian PEN Center: “We Are a Country of Poets”

Interview
By: Polina Sadovskaya | August 15, 2018

"We also have many good poets; it is said that we are a country of poets. There is a proverb in Romania that says: All Romanians are born poets." More

Ermis Lafazanovski

Macedonian PEN Center: Fostering Culture and Community

Interview
By: Polina Sadovskaya | July 17, 2018

In this month's PEN World, we present an audio interview conducted by Polina Kovaleva with the President of Macedonian PEN, Ermis Lafazanovski. More

Polish PEN Center: Reckoning with History and Honoring Literature

Interview
By: Polina Sadovskaya | February 21, 2018

The deepest problem of Poland, Polish culture, is the Holocaust. This happened on Polish land and had a colossal, although very complicated, influence on the entire Polish society. Although… More

andrey kurkov

“We Have Not Lived Through the Peak of Our Hardships”: An Interview with Andrey Kurkov

InterviewSeptember 14, 2017

Nowadays, 80 percent of young authors write politically engaged literature, trying to touch upon very painful topics, the topics of refugees, immigrants, the topic of responsibility for the future... More

Kirill Serebrennikov

Raid on Theater Director Kirill Serebrennikov Amplifies Russian Campaign To Control Artistic Expression

Press ReleaseMay 24, 2017

Russian authorities’ raid on renowned theater and film director Kirill Serebrennikov is demonstrative of an intensifying trend of persecutions of artistic figures the government cannot control. More

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Outstanding piece by @andreacgore, Vacek Chair in pharmacology/professor of psychology at UT-Austin, defending faculty tenure against SB 18. She argues that immunotherapy would not exist if UT-Austin had not given tenure to its discoverer. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outlook/article/university-texas-andrea-gore-professor-tenure-17816783.php

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bryanalexander Bryan Alexander @bryanalexander ·
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What does academic freedom mean now, and how might it change?

Here's our whole Future Trends Forum conversation with @ACEducation and @PENamerica researchers:

https://youtu.be/nQ8Kl0XJIr0

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#RIP John Woods, Masterly Translator of Thomas Mann, Dies at 80

Woods was the recipient of two PEN America Translation awards, in 1981 and 1987

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