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PEN Rallies Behind Ousted Author
When it comes to publicity, being denied entry into the United States may be the best thing that ever happened to Sebastian Horsley, right, unless you count being hung… More
Writers’ Group Appeals U.S. Exclusion of UK Author
NEW YORK — An advocacy group for writers appealed to U.S. officials Monday to review the exclusion of a British author whose most recent book chronicles his… More
PEN Lobbies to Get Horsley Allowed Into the Country
The PEN American Center is trying to get Sebastian Horsley allowed on U.S. soil. The British artist, who wrote the memoir Dandy in the Underworld, was barred from entering… More
Will Chinese Regime Silence Media’s Coverage?
The Chinese regime sought first to silence the protest of the monks in Lhasa with a violent crackdown on March 14 that reminded the world of Tiananmen Square in… More
PEN World Voices Festival
The PEN American Center kicked off its annual World Voices Festival Thursday at a luncheon aboard the ocean liner Queen Mary 2. This year's theme will be public life… More
Rushdie and McEwan Head World Voice Festival Line-up
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The international writers group PEN announced participants and programs for its annual World Voices Festival of International Literature on Thursday, featuring Salman Rushdie, Ian McEwan,… More
No time to close our eyes
If there has been any lesson in all my years as an activist for democracy and human rights in China, it is that only international pressure coupled with internal… More
Waves Through the Book World
Cunard, the British cruise company, has joined with the PEN American Center, the writers’ group, to create a book club on the high seas. Cunard, which is donating $70,000… More
Toi Derricotte, A.M. Homes, and Peter Straub To Receive Awards
Toi Derricotte, A.M. Homes, and Peter Straub are the recipients of the 2008 Barnes & Noble Writers For Writers Awards, it was announced today by Elliot Figman, executive director… More
Mother of Jailed Writer to Sit With First Lady at Bush Speech
Blanca Gonzalez, whose son, Normando Hernández González, has become an international symbol of Cuban human-rights abuses, is scheduled to join Laura Bush in the first lady's gallery tonight when… More
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