PEN America Launches All-Digital PEN World Voices Festival 2020
“We’ve reimagined the entire idea of what a Festival can be amid such a difficult moment in world history." More
PEN America Cancels 2020 World Voices Festival: These Truths Due to COVID-19
We come to this conclusion with heavy hearts but the threat of COVID 19 is a truth we cannot deny and that makes this Festival, as planned, impossible. More
PEN America Convenes Writers of Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Journalism, and More for PEN America World Voices Festival 2020: These Truths
***VISIT THE PEN AMERICA WORLD VOICES FESTIVAL WEBSITE FOR FULL DETAILS AND TICKETS*** PEN America Today Announces Highlights of the 16th Edition of the United States’ Leading International Literary Festival,… More
2020 PEN World Voices Festival – Presale – Words and Music by Zadie Smith, Tara Westover, Suleika Jaouad, and Jon Batiste at NYU Skirball Center
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2020 PEN World Voices Festival – Presale – Jeremy O. Harris & Lynn Nottage in Conversation at the Sharp Theatre, Symphony Space
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2020 PEN World Voices Festival – Presale – The Last Archive with Jill Lepore at the Thalia Theatre, Symphony Space
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2020 PEN World Voices Festival – Presale – Margaret Atwood, Roxane Gay, and Jia Tolentino with Rebecca Traister at Town Hall
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🧵Today @RamyEssam released the song "Fiskooti Mooti" with lyrics written by imprisoned Egyptian poet Galal El-Behairy. Watch here: https://youtu.be/GMGcbQdKaH0
"Fear is not freedom. Fear is not liberty. Fear is control," says 100-year-old Grace Linn at @MCSDFlorida meeting.
The district's book removals attracted national attention when authors—including @jodipicoult & @JP_Books—took to social media to protest. https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/education/martin-county-schools/2023/03/22/crowd-protests-book-removals-at-martin-county-school-board-meeting/70028207007/
20-year-old Olesya Krivtsova has fled Russia after she was accused of “justifying terrorism” and “discrediting the Russian armed forces,” placed under house arrest, and forbidden from using the phone or internet following an Instagram post about #Ukraine https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/22/world/europe/russia-ukraine-social-media-crackdown.html