Interviews & Features
PEN America produces a breadth of interviews and features throughout the year.
Open Destiny of Life
Let me put it this way: I went to school to poetry—that was where I learned how to write. People learn to write by doing various things. I suppose… More
Video Testimony of Guantánamo Detainees Ruhal Ahmed and Shafiq Rasul
Former Guantánamo detainees Ruhal Ahmed and Shafiq Rasul describe their experiences at Guantánamo. The original video was aired at the 2009 PEN event Reckoning with Torture: Memos and Testimonies… More
Video Testimony of Guantánamo Detainee Omar Deghayes
Former Guantánamo detainee Omar Deghayes describes his experience at Guantánamo Bay. The original video was aired at the 2009 PEN event Reckoning with Torture: Memos and Testimonies from the… More
Video Testimony of Guantánamo Detainee Moazzam Begg
Former Guantánamo detainee Moazzam Begg describes his experience at Guantánamo Bay. The original video was aired at the 2009 PEN event Reckoning with Torture: Memos and Testimonies from the… More
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My latest op-ed on school librarians. @becalzada @technolibrary @MaryWoodard @KPekoll @OIF #Freadom @ashleyhopeperez @halseanderson https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outlook/article/school-library-book-banning-bill-gop-abbott-lege-17857122.php?utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=copy-url-link&utm_campaign=article-share&hash=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaG91c3RvbmNocm9uaWNsZS5jb20vb3Bpbmlvbi9vdXRsb29rL2FydGljbGUvc2Nob29sLWxpYnJhcnktYm9vay1iYW5uaW5nLWJpbGwtZ29wLWFiYm90dC1sZWdlLTE3ODU3MTIyLnBocA==&time=MTY3OTcwNDU3Nzg4MQ==&rid=NDBiMmRkY2UtYTdjZC00NWU2LWE0NmQtMDZmMTlkNWE2OGIw&sharecount=MQ==
#ChildrensBooks
“#FirstAmendment rights do not stop at the schoolhouse door,” PEN America’s Nadine Farid Johnson reminds
@JudiciaryGOP, highlighting the need to prepare students for "life in a participatory democracy, one that requires us to debate, to understand & to discuss." #StudentsRights