Jenny Holzer Art Installation to Light Up Rockefeller Center Buildings with Prose in Celebration of PEN America’s 100th Birthday, Starting Wed., 9/14
The outdoor installation, titled SPEECH ITSELF, will include quotes from more than 60 authors in a visual tribute to the right to express ourselves freely. Among the authors whose… More
Artist Jenny Holzer to Light Up Rockefeller Center in Tribute to PEN America’s 100 Years of Defending Free Expression
Suzanne Nossel, CEO of PEN America, said: “Because her work reifies and celebrates words, there could not be an artist more fitting to celebrate PEN America’s centenary than the… More
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What does it mean when 116 books are "restricted" based on a single person's complaint?
PEN America's @jonfreadom details the variety of books that get caught up in such "bans," the stigmatizing effects that "restricted lists" can have—and the #FirstAmendment implications... 🧵
“To tell a story. It’s a radical act,” says @JennyBoylan. “Tell me what’s more revolutionary than telling your story, telling it in a way that opens people’s hearts.” https://www.themainemag.com/how-one-trans-activist-author-found-truth-and-acceptance-in-maine/
Join @EnrigueAlvaro & DREAMing Out Loud writers @theSoniaG & t. jahan to celebrate new migrant anthologies & discuss their works at a free @BKBF event on Oct. 2! @PENamerica
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