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Advocacy


  • Two Years On, Writers Continue the Fight for ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’

    Monday September 16

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  • Pham Doan Trang: A Courageous Voice for Change

    Tuesday April 9
    Anh-Thu Vo

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  • Sign PEN America’s Petition To Protect The Life Of P.M. Dunne, An Incarcerated Author

    Wednesday March 27

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Artists at Risk


  • Two Years On, Writers Continue the Fight for ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’

    Monday September 16

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  • Reflecting on Resistance: Exiled Filmmaker Praises Inspiring Female Activists

    Friday November 18
    Emad Tayefeh

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  • Joint Letter to Rouhani: Secure Release of Iranian Cartoonist Atena Farghadani

    Friday February 26

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Banned Books


  • Memo on School Book Bans from PEN America

    Monday September 23
    Kasey Meehan, Sabrina Baêta

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  • PEN America Free Expression Advocacy Institutes Train the Next Generation

    Monday September 16
    Julia Goldberg

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  • The State of Book Bans: Utah’s ‘No-Read List’

    Thursday August 22
    Madison Markham, Samantha LaFrance

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Campus Free Speech


  • PEN America Free Expression Advocacy Institutes Train the Next Generation

    Monday September 16
    Julia Goldberg

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  • In Preparing for Protests, Are Campuses Going Too Far?

    Wednesday August 28
    Lisa Tolin

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  • Campus Protests Then and Now: How Today’s Encampments Echo History

    Tuesday July 16

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Disinformation


  • Local news is pivotal in the fight to save democracy, expert says

    Wednesday September 25
    Mina Haq

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  • Tech won’t save journalists from generative AI – but all hope is not lost

    Monday September 23
    Mina Haq

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  • National security reporter says American journalists could learn from Taiwan when tackling disinformation

    Friday September 13
    Mina Haq

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Educational Censorship


  • University of Alabama campuses didn’t have to close their DEI offices. They did anyway.

    Friday July 26
    Samantha LaFrance

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  • “Thank you for not giving up on Florida”: A rallying cry at the Unified Voices Summit in Orlando

    Monday July 22
    Andrew White

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  • Trouble in Censorville: Teachers Describe Trauma Inflicted in the War on Education

    Thursday June 27

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Florida


  • “Thank you for not giving up on Florida”: A rallying cry at the Unified Voices Summit in Orlando

    Monday July 22
    Andrew White

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  • Unified Voices Summit in Florida: Educators, Authors, Faith Leaders and Activists Organize for the Right to Read

    Wednesday July 3
    Katie Blankenship

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  • PEN America Helps Win Victories Against Censorship in Florida’s 2024 Legislative Session

    Thursday March 14
    Katie Blankenship

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Gala


  • Paul Simon’s Remarks Accepting the 2024 PEN/Audible Literary Service Award

    Tuesday May 21

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  • Georgia Election Workers Remarks at the 2024 PEN America Literary Gala

    Tuesday May 21

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  • Phạm Đoan Trang Acceptance Speech | 2024 Freedom to Write Award

    Tuesday May 21

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Global Free Expression

  • Asal Abasian

    Asal Abasian | Exiled Iranian Journalist, Writer, Queer Feminist Activist

    Thursday September 19

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  • Two Years On, Writers Continue the Fight for ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’

    Monday September 16

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  • The Power of Women’s Defiance in Iran: ‘We Will Win’

    Thursday September 12
    Dietlind Lerner

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Literary Awards


  • Announcing The 2024 PEN/Bare Life Review Grant Winners

    Monday June 17

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  • Announcing The 2024 PEN/Jean Stein Grants For Literary Oral History Winners

    Monday June 17

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  • Announcing the 2024 PEN America Literary Awards Finalists

    Monday April 22

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Literary Programs


  • Kimberly Nguyen | Emerging Voices Fellow

    Thursday October 19
    Ella Jones

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  • Nathan Go | Emerging Voices Fellow

    Tuesday October 17
    Ella Jones

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  • 2023 Emerging Voices Fellows | The PEN Ten Interview

    Thursday September 14

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Membership


  • A Year of Books By PEN America Members

    Thursday December 21
    Aleah Gatto

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  • PEN America Town Hall: Conversation Amid Crisis

    Tuesday December 12
    Lisa Tolin

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  • The Common Core in Action

    Friday September 25

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Online Abuse & Digital Safety


  • Protecting Your Digital Footprint: A Guide for Journalists

    Wednesday August 28
    Viktorya Vilk, Amanda Wells, Malka Margolies

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  • Combatting Online Abuse: Practical Tips for Journalists

    Thursday August 1
    Viktorya Vilk, Amanda Wells

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  • U.S. Cyber Defense Agency Launches Website for High-Risk Communities, with Digital Safety Guidance from PEN America

    Tuesday April 2
    Viktorya Vilk

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Organizational


  • PEN America Speaks: How We Defended And Celebrated Free Expression the Week Of Sept. 9

    Friday September 13
    Amulya Hiremath

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  • PEN America Speaks: How We Defended And Celebrated Free Expression the Week Of Sept. 2

    Saturday September 7
    Amulya Hiremath

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  • PEN America Speaks: How We Defended And Celebrated Free Expression the Week Of Aug. 26

    Friday August 30
    Amulya Hiremath

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Prison and Justice Writing


  • The Book of Judith: Honoring Judith Tannenbaum (1947-2019)

    Friday August 9
    Spoon Jackson, Boston Woodard, Elmo Chattman, Jr., Judith Tannenbaum

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  • C. Fausto Cabrera and Zeke Caligiuri on Precarity and Critical Resistance

    Friday August 9
    C. Fausto Cabrera, Ezekiel Caligiuri

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  • Michigan & Me

    Friday August 9
    Curtis Dawkins

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Resource


  • #FactChallenge: Media Literacy Course on WhatsApp Leading up to the 2024 Elections

    Friday June 7

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  • Morgan Talty recommends what you should read for Native American Heritage Month

    Tuesday November 21

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  • PEN/The Order Present: Training Workshops for Independent Russian Journalists

    Tuesday October 25

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Translation


  • Response To Letter Regarding Pen/Heim Translation Fund Grants

    Wednesday July 17

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  • from Don’t Worry

    Tuesday May 1
    Mahsa Mohebali

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  • from Chaim Gravitzer

    Tuesday May 1
    Fischel Schneersohn

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U.S. Free Expression


  • Memo on School Book Bans from PEN America

    Monday September 23
    Kasey Meehan, Sabrina Baêta

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  • PEN America Free Expression Advocacy Institutes Train the Next Generation

    Monday September 16
    Julia Goldberg

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  • The State of Book Bans: Utah’s ‘No-Read List’

    Thursday August 22
    Madison Markham, Samantha LaFrance

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World Voices Festival


  • A Letter from the President of PEN America: American Authors Demand a Second Draft of PEN America, and the World in Which We Write

    Thursday April 18
    Jennifer Finney Boylan

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  • World Voices Festival 2024: A Statement from Former PEN America Presidents

    Wednesday April 3

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  • 2023 PEN America World Voices Festival: Day 4 Highlights

    Monday May 15
    Lisa Tolin

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Writing as Craft


  • Saad Mohseni | The PEN Ten Interview

    Thursday September 26
    Valentine Sargent

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  • 2024 Emerging Voices Fellows | The PEN Ten Interview 

    Thursday September 12

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  • Danzy Senna | The PEN Ten Interview

    Thursday September 5
    Sarah Dillard

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