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Colson Whitehead, whose novel The Underground Railroad won the National Book Award for fiction in 2016, is up for yet another honour: the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award. Colson Whitehead: 5 books I love Whitehead joins… More

The PEN America Literary Awards have announced their 50-title shortlist, with finalists in the areas of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, biography, essay, translation and more. Winners for most of the awards… More

Hardly a day goes by without Facebook landing itself in a censorship row, but the social media giant’s latest kerfuffle – a temporary ban of the Russian government-backed network RT –… More

“Let New York be the capitol of the resistance,” said playwright Eve Ensler to the large crowd gathered on the steps of the New York Public Library on Fifth… More

According to the The Hill, members of Trump's transition team plan to propose a budget that would eliminate a huge number of government programs:  The departments of Commerce and Energy would… More

PEN America released its list of finalists for its 2017 literary awards on Wednesday, and four New England writers are in the running. Matthew Desmond made the final cut for… More

Senior Kaylie Padgett and post-graduate Kelly Clare brainstormed to create a getaway for Knox students during the stressful times of political events. Along with the Knox English department, the pair came up with… More

Something strange seems to be going on at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. According to a few reports from members of the media on Twitter, journalists have… More

The line between free speech and respect continues to be battled over on college campuses. The debate over political correctness did not end with the results of the election.… More

On Sunday January 15, some 2,000 people gathered on the steps of the New York Public Library for a rally called “Writers Resist.” Organized by the literary organization PEN… More