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PEN Warns That College Students Often See ‘Free Speech’ as a Cudgel
There’s a lot of attention in the world of free speech advocacy to barriers to expression. There has been somewhat less given to what needs to be in place… More
The Challenge of Speech
Suzanne Nossel of the PEN American Center and Trevor Timm of the Freedom of the Press Foundation talk about free expression. More
PEN America reports on Chinese censorship
PEN America has released a new report on media censorship in China. The nearly eighty-page report found foreign journalists have had an increasingly difficult time doing their job since… More
Foreign Reporters in China Face More Restrictions Now, Report Says
A report released on Thursday by PEN America tries to quantify how difficult it has become for journalists to get the facts out of China. Its conclusion: The estimated… More
Tom Waits, Kathleen Brennan and John Prine receive songwriting awards
Luminaries from the film, music and writing worlds honored Tom Waits and folk singer John Prine for their songwriting at the Song Lyrics of Literary Excellence Awards, an award… More
Kenyan fable could be the most translated short story ever
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o's fable of how humans learned to walk is the most translated short story in African history. More
Opinion: Debate over safe spaces, freedom of speech abounds on college campuses
Everett Piper, Ph. D., president of Oklahoma Wesleyan University, released a blog post last week accusing college campuses of being “indoctrination camps” riddled with liberal students intent on killing… More
‘The M Word’: Event Series Plans to Give Muslim-American Creatives a Platform
"It's interesting because everyone is talking about Muslims, but no one's talking to Muslims." More
Dennis Cooper’s blog re-launched after Google censorship criticisms
Cooper received an outpouring of support from fans of his work which resulted in several articles on the issue from international media outlets, a statement of support from PEN… More
Egyptian writer Ahmed Naji’s jail term upheld over sexually explicit book
Suzanne Nossel, executive director of PEN America, said that the author’s sentence “for a crime of the imagination flouts the rule of law and is yet another blow to… More
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