PEN Appeal: Zhang Lin
August 18, 2009 His Excellency Hu Jintao President of the People’s Republic of China State Council Beijing 100032 P.R. China Mr. Meng Jianzhu Minister of the Public Security East Chang’an Avenue 14 Beijing 100741 P.R. China Your Excellencies, On behalf… More
Writer and Advocate Released from Prison
International PEN welcomes the August 12, 2009 release of dissident writer, pro-democracy advocate and Independent Chinese PEN Center member Zhang Lin. More
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PEN America Town Hall: Do Publishers Have a Moral Obligation to Diversify American Literature? https://pen.org/event/pen-america-town-hall-do-publishers-have-a-moral-obligation-to-diversify-american-literature
What's so controversial about neighbors helping an old woman make cholent for Shabbat? That's the story of a picture book removed along with 175 other titles from schools in Duval County, Fla. @PENamerica is protesting. I wrote about it for @jdforward https://forward.com/fast-forward/527511/authors-protest-banned-books-list-in-florida-that-includes-shabbat-picture-book/