Press Releases
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PEN America Warns of “Unintended Consequences” for Campus Free Speech— Including in Classroom Discussions— in Response to Gov. Hochul’s Letter to Public Colleges on Genocide
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PEN America Mourns the Death of Palestinian Scholar-Writer Refaat Alareer
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Data from Two School Years of Book Banning Show Spread of Copycat Bans and a “Scarlet Letter” Effect for Authors
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Bard College and PEN America Launch Fellowship for International Artists Persecuted for Their Work
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PEN America To Offer Workshops for Emerging Writers in Los Angeles
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PEN America: Florida Education Commissioner “Undermines Academic Freedom” With Ideologically-Motivated Ban of Sociology from General Education Curricula
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Author and LGBTQ Rights Advocate Jennifer Finney Boylan Elected President of PEN America
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Cuban Artist Tania Bruguera Harassed by Cuban Government Despite Forced Exile
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Narges Mohammadi Awarded Nobel Peace Prize in Absentia
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