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Vinod Kumar Shukla and Erika Dickerson-Despenza to Receive Career Achievement Honors at PEN America Literary Awards Ceremony Mar. 2

Press ReleaseFebruary 27, 2023

Clarisse Rosaz Shariyf, Chief Program Officer, Literary Programming at PEN America, said, “The recipients of our Literary Awards’ three career achievement honors reveal the breadth of what human imagination… More

Cancellation of Down In Mississippi Play on Texas Campus Is An Affront to Artistic Freedom

Press ReleaseOctober 12, 2022

Jonathan Friedman, director of free expression and education programs, said: "The decision to cancel this production because of some students' objections is an alarming affront to artistic freedom. While students'… More

PEN America Condemns Death Threats and Intimidation Against Oregon Shakespeare Festival Director

Press ReleaseOctober 4, 2022

As we know from PEN America’s work to support those facing online abuse, however, women of color routinely face disproportionate and uniquely virulent attacks. In our increasingly polarized society,… More

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The PEN Pod: On Trauma, Identity, and Reinvention with Dan O’Brien

InterviewSeptember 24, 2021

“It’s so important to me to push through the taboo of what we shouldn’t speak about and can’t speak about, or feel we can’t speak about.” More

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DREAMing on the Virtual Stage: Readings of Plays in Progress

Thursday, May 20, 2021 | 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm ET
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Blindness

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Russian Theater Director Given Three-Year Suspended Sentence

Press ReleaseJune 26, 2020

"While it’s a relief that Serebrennikov and the others will most likely not spend the next several years behind bars, their conviction and the limitations imposed on their artistic… More

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Drop Charges Against Russian Theater Director Kirill Serebrennikov

Open LetterJune 25, 2020

PEN America’s Artists At Risk Connection, together with a coalition of human rights and film organizations, call for the charges against Kirill Serebrennikov and his codefendants to immediately be… More

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PEN America Condemns Abusive “Investigation” Into Moscow-Based Theater

Press ReleaseNovember 29, 2019

“The artists at Teatr.Doc, who have already suffered after the recent deaths of two of their founders, are now forced to suffer through an entirely fabricated investigation.” More

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Songs about 🌈🌈 are in our Top 10*

🌈 Rainbowland by Dolly Parton and Miley Cyrus was banned from a spring concert set list in Wisconsin.
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Now banned: School board in Hillsborough FL voted today to ban "This Book is Gay". This is after 2 committees reviewed it and voted to keep it in schools. Here's what Juno Dawson told us @PENamerica about efforts to ban the book last fall. /1 https://twitter.com/PinkNews/status/1640834900684333056?t=Nq5SySk-nlbsC-x3UE6VbA&s=19

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