Emerging Voices Podcast
The PEN America Emerging Voices Podcast was created to increase the reach of the fellowship and provide the tools necessary to launch a professional writing career to writers in… More
PEN Haiti: A Sanctuary for Writers
PEN Haiti began in 2002 and is part of PEN International, a global organization that promotes freedom of expression as a way to advance human rights. The house was… More
We Will Remain Shocked
We are gathered here to assert our right to free speech and defend the rights of others. That is our single and united agenda. And we will defend free… More
Statement to UNHRC about Free Expression Deterioriation in Bangladesh
PEN America, along with a group of leading human rights organizations, has submitted the following statement highlighting our deep concern at the decline in free expression in Bangladesh to… More
Jonathan Franzen, Neil Gaiman, other authors push Chinese president to free jailed writers
British author Neil Gaiman is among the 40 authors, journalists and other free expression advocates who added their signatures to a letter urging Chinese President Xi Jinping to release… More
Neil Gaiman joins authors in urging Chinese president to release jailed writers
More than 40 authors, including Jonathan Franzen, Neil Gaiman and Ian McEwan, have written an open letter to Xi Jinping, ahead of his first US state visit, expressing ‘concern… More