Expand Your Understanding: A Reading List
A recommended reading list compiled in anticipation of March's PEN Out Loud discussion with Layli Long Soldier and Claudia Rankine. More
Longlists for 2018 PEN America Literary Awards Celebrate Icons and Emerging Writers
PEN America today released the longlists for its 2018 Literary Awards, celebrating nearly 70 titles spanning the range of literary work including poetry, fiction, nonfiction, translation, and lifetime achievement. More
SLAPPs: The Greatest Free Expression Threat You’ve Never Heard Of?
SLAPPs are a prevalent and serious—but still under-acknowledged—threat to free speech and expression. It should never be “unaffordable” to speak up. More
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“We will try to fight to the last moment,” said Hong Kong Journalists Association chairman, Ronson Chan. “But honestly, it’s a gamble. How cruelly will the Beijing government treat us? We know the history of journalists in the People’s Republic of China.” https://nyti.ms/30XCm0k
In this interview, Nobel Peace Prize recipient Dmitry Muratov speaks about the Nobel Peace Prize, journalism in Russia, the growing tendency to suppress the freedom of press, and more: https://bit.ly/3m9JLBH.
