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Expand Your Understanding: A Reading List

Recommended ReadingFebruary 15, 2019

A recommended reading list compiled in anticipation of March's PEN Out Loud discussion with Layli Long Soldier and Claudia Rankine. More

Read the Resistance, September 2018: Hope in the Dark

Tuesday, September 25, 2018 | 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
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Longlists for 2018 PEN America Literary Awards Celebrate Icons and Emerging Writers

Press ReleaseDecember 20, 2017

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?

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By: James Tager | October 30, 2017

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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