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Join us to hear @NK_Adjei read work from the 2022 Prison Writing Awards at Break Out on Dec 2nd. RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/break-out-celebrating-the-2022-pen-america-prison-writing-award-winners-tickets-433513068257

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Do Publishers Have a Moral Obligation to Diversify American Literature? Join us on December 13 for this year's Town Hall where Roxane Gay, Min Jin Lee, Ayad Akhtar, and Erroll McDonald consider this integral question. Learn more: https://pen.org/event/pen-america-town-hall-do-publishers-have-a-moral-obligation-to-diversify-american-literature/

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The European Union has threatened to ban Twitter unless @elonmusk abides by its strict rules on content moderation, setting up a regulatory battle over the future of the social media platform, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. https://www.reuters.com/technology/eu-warns-musk-that-twitter-faces-ban-over-content-moderation-ft-2022-11-30/

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