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The PEN Ten: An Interview with the 2021-2022 PEN America Writing for Justice Fellows

Interview
By: Mahima Akula, Seraphina Halpern, Mely Kornfeld | July 15, 2021

“You must be willing to get your pen dirty. Write with passion. Befriend an incarcerated person, learn how society formed that person, feel the connection you share with that… More

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Writing for Justice Fellowship 2021-2022

Meet the 2020-2021 Writing For Justice cohort, and learn about their accomplishments. More

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PEN America Announces 2021-2022 Writing for Justice Fellows

Press ReleaseJune 16, 2021

The literary and free expression group PEN America today announced the recipients of its 2021-2022 Writing for Justice Fellowship. More

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Writing for Justice Fellowship 2019-2020

Meet the 2019-2020 Writing For Justice cohort, and learn about their accomplishments. More

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[VIRTUAL] In Fellowship: An Evening with the 2019-2020 Writing for Justice Fellows

Thursday, January 14, 2021 | 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm ET
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PEN America Announces Inaugural Recipients of L’Engle-Rahman Prize for Mentorship

Press ReleaseNovember 11, 2020

"What’s most exciting to me about Madeleine L’Engle’s early and foundational participation in our mentor program is that her approach speaks to the mutually transformational relationships available to those… More

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The PEN Pod: Elevating Indigenous Authors with David Heska Wanbli Weiden

InterviewOctober 20, 2020

“I hope that the novel speaks not just to Native readers, but to folks who want to learn about voices that they may not be familiar with.” More

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Local Journalist Heroes: Arthur Longworth

InterviewMay 1, 2020

“The media is missing the story of how incapable prison medical services are of treating infected prisoners or carrying out testing.” More

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Local Journalist Heroes: Justine van der Leun

InterviewApril 29, 2020

“Any prison reporting that centers the voices of those inside is the result of someone having the courage to come forward in the face of losing what little they… More

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The PEN Pod: Incarceration Amid COVID-19 with Beth Shelburne

InterviewApril 14, 2020

“The bottom line is we have too many people in our jails and prisons for far too long, and that makes all of these other issues so much worse.” More

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Another bit of sound legal judgement this week, from TX, where a judge found that conservative library board members had likely exercised unconstitutional content-based restrictions when banning books from the Llano public library. The books ordered back.
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/03/31/texas-llano-library-books/

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Talking to @AliVelshi, historian @TimothyDSnyder likens book bans in #Florida to Communism: “All this stuff is supposed to be anti-communist but as a historian of communism, that reminds me of some of the basic things that were wrong about communism.” https://www.huffpost.com/entry/yale-professor-ron-desantis-book-bans_n_642696c7e4b02a8d518df5a9

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Douglass Mackey, also known as “Ricky Vaughn,” was convicted today of the charge of Conspiracy Against Rights. Mackey sent fraudulent messages encouraging supporters of Hillary Clinton to “vote” via text message or social media which was legally invalid. https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/social-media-influencer-douglass-mackey-convicted-election-interference-2016

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