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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This Thursday 8/6, PEN America & @nypl present Pulitzer Prize winner @ayadakhtar in conversation with PEN America CEO @SuzanneNossel on her new book, DARE TO SPEAK, a guide to navigating and defending free speech today. https://bit.ly/3kddJli
NEW: PEN America joins @pen_belarus, @pen_int, and over 20 other PEN Centers in signing an open letter expressing deep concern over the systematic violations of free expression rights & human rights in the run-up to the Belarus elections. https://bit.ly/2Pm06Cc