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PEN America Launches All-Digital PEN World Voices Festival 2020

Press ReleaseMay 6, 2020

“We’ve reimagined the entire idea of what a Festival can be amid such a difficult moment in world history." More

PEN America World Voices Festival: May 4–9, 2020

PEN America Cancels 2020 World Voices Festival: These Truths Due to COVID-19

Press ReleaseMarch 16, 2020

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 World Voices Festival: May 4–9, 2020

PEN America Convenes Writers of Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Journalism, and More for PEN America World Voices Festival 2020: These Truths

Press ReleaseFebruary 28, 2020

***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

Zadie Smith, Tara Westover, Suleika Jaouad, and Jon Batiste

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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🧵Today @RamyEssam released the song "Fiskooti Mooti" with lyrics written by imprisoned Egyptian poet Galal El-Behairy. Watch here: https://youtu.be/GMGcbQdKaH0

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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

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