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Turkish writers’ group investigated for ‘insulting state’
PEN Turkey accused of breaking law by condemning musician's prosecution as a 'fascist development' More
Ce N’est Pas Le Monde
Below is new graphic analysis by John Krygier and Denis Wood. It appears in PEN America 15: Maps. More
On James Joyce’s Ulysses
Until I graduated from college—and had to find a job, get my heart broken, bear the burden of being a twenty-something during recession, watch friends go to rehab, watch… More
On John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men
The story is a tragedy predicated on the idea that working one’s fingers to the bone for little pay and no security is fundamentally corrupt. It’s a tragedy about… More
Banned Chinese writer barred from overseas travel
The dissident writer who was to talk about China's powerless and voiceless at the Sydney Writers' Festival in Australia next week won't be there. "I can only stay at… More
Arnaud Nourry Speaks at the 2011 PEN Literary Gala
It is for me a great honor and a pleasure to be with you tonight, at this very special time for writers, publishers and citizens around the world.Every part… More
Shirin Ebadi on Iran, Human Rights, and ‘The Golden Cage’
On the inside cover of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Shirin Ebadi's new book, she describes its conception: "Questions about the revolution shape the events of The Golden Cage.... History… More
Don DeLillo: Strange and Dangerous Times
DeLillo: The writer’s role is to sit in a room and write. We can leave it at that. Or we can add that writers have always felt a natural… More
Writers Urge U.N. to Abandon Efforts to Prohibit Defamation of Religions
At a panel held in conjunction with the Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva, writers and free-expression advocates from around the world today warned of the potential harm of… More
When U.S. behaves like Cuba, it hurts itself
The U.S. decision to deny a visa to Colombian journalist Hollman Morris, who had been invited to spend an academic year at Harvard University, sounds like a page right… More
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