The Administration promised free expression. The results were anything but more freedom.
With more than 22K instances since 2021, the bans have become normalized.
Don’t miss this inspiring event that celebrates and defends freedom of expression.
DREAMing Out Loud is a paid, tuition-free creative writing workshop series for migrant writers.
Local censorship tactics are being adopted on the state and federal levels
We’ll gather virtually to envision the future of PEN America and execute organizational business.
We invite readers, authors, educators, librarians, and everyone who opposes censorship to get involved>>
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In this Member Spotlight interview, Elana K. Arnold talks about her experience as a YA author navigating the book banning epidemic.
The war has inflicted a catastrophic blow to Gaza’s cultural life and heritage, erasing records of Palestinian history that go…
Harriet Washington discusses what it means to be a scientist and the path that led her there, at The Inspired…
With Majora Carter, Tijs Goldschmidt, Kimiko Hahn, Sandeep Jauhar, and Harriet A. Washington; moderated by Robert Krulwich. Our panel of…
PEN American Center today announced that it has joined Facebook, Google, Human Rights Watch, Electronic Frontier Foundation, and the Berkman…
“For artists working in fiction, we have more protection as our work is addressing what has been exposed. . .…
“More than anything, I wanted to write the Chinese American heroine I’ve always wanted to read: messy, thorny, flawed, desirous,…
As writers, editors, and artists we stand together today in solidarity and outrage at the murder of our colleagues at…
Turning toward the coffin, she picked up a clod of dirt and, before dropping it onto the lid, said lightly,…
