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DARE: New Harassment Claims Oust Two WNYC Hosts, ‘Paris Review’ Editor
New harassment allegations roil independent radio and Literary community, with two longtime WNYC hosts suspended and Editor of Paris Review resigning. Judges weigh defamation suit by woman who accuses… More
Egypt: Ongoing arbitrary detention and serious health concerns of prominent writer
PEN is deeply concerned about the well-being of Hesham Gaafar, a prominent Egyptian writer and the head of Mada Foundation for Media Development (MADA). Gaafar has been arbitrary detained since October 21,… More
Turn it Up: Rejecting Censorship in China
PEN America is proud to partner with the Guggenheim Museum for “Turn it On: China on Film, 2000–2017,” a 10-week film festival curated by artist Ai Weiwei and filmmaker… More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Trump lashes out at media during campaign-style rally in Phoenix; Washington Post's tracker for misleading statements by POTUS reaches the 1000-mark; theater director Kirill Serebrennikov under house arrest, and… More
Nobel Prize winner Liu Xiaobo: A timeline of a life dedicated to the protesters of Tiananmen Square
China’s most famous dissident, Liu Xiaobo, has died in custody at age 61. The cause was liver cancer. His death, confirmed Thursday evening local time on July 13 by Chinese… More
A New Ordeal for Egyptian Writer Ahmed Naji
This travel ban, which apparently remains in place despite Naji's conviction having been overturned, adds insult to injury. More
The PEN Ten with Nicole Dennis-Benn
My job as a writer is to humanize people on the page … as artists we have a responsibility to dispel ignorance by spreading empathy. More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Supreme Court agrees to hear appeal from baker who invoked the First Amendment, Trump administration to go ahead with parts of travel ban. And the White House press secretary… More
The PEN Ten with Sarah Schulman
The arresting officer testified that I said, 'Ladies should be able to choose.' I think that the idea of a woman's life being a human life was too complex. More
The PEN Ten with Basma Abdel Aziz
I don’t accept the presence of censorship. I prefer to leave the final judgement to people when talking about writing. More
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