Ari Zatlin

Ari Zatlin is a graduate fellow at New York University, where he teaches and writes on political and literary censorship.


Articles by Ari Zatlin

A man with medium-length dark hair and stubble looks directly at the camera with a serious expression. He is indoors, wearing a grey shirt, with shelves and a white wall in the background.
Writing as Craft
Monday April 16

The PEN Ten with Behrouz Boochani

I have been living my whole life under a system that wants to define my identity in a certain way and to dictate “who I am.”

Two people are shown side by side in a split image: on the left, a person with short, wavy dark hair and a serious expression; on the right, a person with straight dark hair, glasses, and a thoughtful look, against a patterned background.
Tuesday January 9

Half-Free: How “Conditional Release” Continues to Limit Free Expression for Writers at Risk

The goals of incarceration and limited release are one in the same: to suppress free expression and to enforce silence.