Remembering Vera B. Williams: A Tribute
Friends, writers, and illustrators pay tribute to the longtime former chair of PEN's CYAB Committee and much beloved children's book writer and illustrator. More
Vera B. Williams Reads from It Only Happens To Other People
When morning comes and they escort you to the maximum security prison, your last hope of release evaporates, and you are resigned to the completion of the process: sudden… More
Reading from The Taxi Project by Martha Kuwee Kumsa
I was released in September 1989 after a decade of torture and incarceration. Even though my imprisonment was limited to the radius of the prison compound—Ethiopia itself was a… More
Dark Realities: What Can’t Be Said in Children’s Books
The PEN Children's Book Committee is a group of professionals who volunteer their time to advance children's literature and protect freedom of expression: the right of children's authors to… More
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"Putin’s campaign to restrict history that can be taught in schools... parallels ominous trends unfolding in our own schools, with the Sunshine State standing out as a prime example," write @jzfriedman and @PSadovskaya2020 https://thehill.com/opinion/education/3594234-floridas-war-on-public-education-looks-a-lot-like-russias/ @TheHillOpinion #Russia #Florida
In the wake of the Russian invasion, Ukrainian art workers and leaders take up the fight to protect the country's cultural institutions. http://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/08/arts/design/ukraine-museums-art-protection.html
Let's celebrate writers past and present on #NationalBookLoversDay!
To start, here's our #PEN100 reading list highlighting members of the organization who have produced some of the most influential works of the past century. https://pen.org/pen-america-at-100-a-reading-list/
