The PEN Ten: An Interview with Iván Monalisa Ojeda, Translated by Hannah Kauders
“You come here as an immigrant to a foreign country, far away from your family, but there’s one thing that reminds you of home—and that’s the language. Language unifies… More
Transgender Awareness Week: A Reading List
In honor of Transgender Awareness Week, PEN America and the Marsha P. Johnson Institute have gathered books that center trans individuals and communities. More
“They’re Bullying a Book About Bullying”: Children’s Author Responds to North Carolina Book Censorship
After a North Carolina school system yanked the book Jacob’s New Dress out of a first-grade lesson on what to do when someone is bullied, author Lesléa Newman' first… More
Free Expression Digest: Tues., November 24
Gao Yu appeals sentence for "leaking state secrets", Russian journalist assaulted, and a court gives a Bahraini photographer ten years in prison. More
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