Press Releases
Alarm Over Reported Deportation of Nicaraguan Musician Leonardo Canales
April 21, 2022
Learn More: Alarm Over Reported Deportation of Nicaraguan Musician Leonardo Canales
New Bill Politicizing Libraries in Kentucky is a Massive Alarm Bell for the Freedom to Read
April 21, 2022
Learn More: New Bill Politicizing Libraries in Kentucky is a Massive Alarm Bell for the Freedom to Read
$2 Million Gift from the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation Supports Emergency and Resilience Funds for Persecuted Artists Worldwide and Immediate Support to Artists in Crisis from the Ukraine War
April 20, 2022
Learn More: $2 Million Gift from the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation Supports Emergency and Resilience Funds for Persecuted Artists Worldwide and Immediate Support to Artists in Crisis from the Ukraine War
Imprisoned Ukraine Journalist Vladyslav Yesypenko To be Honored with 2022 PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award May 23
April 19, 2022
Learn More: Imprisoned Ukraine Journalist Vladyslav Yesypenko To be Honored with 2022 PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award May 23
Statement: Florida Rejection of Math Textbooks Raises Question Over Whether Politics Guided Decision
April 18, 2022
Learn More: Statement: Florida Rejection of Math Textbooks Raises Question Over Whether Politics Guided Decision
NYC Earth Day Celebration April 22: Bookstores Host Poets for On the Spot Composition in Response to Climate, Environment and the Natural World
April 18, 2022
Learn More: NYC Earth Day Celebration April 22: Bookstores Host Poets for On the Spot Composition in Response to Climate, Environment and the Natural World
Outdoor Evening Poetry Reading April 21 Celebrates Cuban Artist Raul Cordero’s Art Installation “THE POEM” in NYC
April 18, 2022
Learn More: Outdoor Evening Poetry Reading April 21 Celebrates Cuban Artist Raul Cordero’s Art Installation “THE POEM” in NYC
Statement: Publisher’s Decision to Pull “Bad and Boujee” Book is “Misguided and Regrettable”
April 16, 2022
Learn More: Statement: Publisher’s Decision to Pull “Bad and Boujee” Book is “Misguided and Regrettable”
PEN America Demands Release of Russian Artist Alexandra Skochilenko, Arrested for Replacing Supermarket Price Labels with Anti-War Messages
April 14, 2022
Learn More: PEN America Demands Release of Russian Artist Alexandra Skochilenko, Arrested for Replacing Supermarket Price Labels with Anti-War Messages