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PEN America Mourns the Death of Groundbreaking Irish Author Edna O’Brien
O’Brien won the 2018 PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature, and spoke that year at the PEN America Literary Awards Ceremony. Judges Michael Ondaatje and Diana Abu-Jaber cited… More
PEN America: Injunction Against Part of Florida’s Stop WOKE Act is a Victory for Free Speech
“This ruling is a victory for free speech and proves Florida is not in fact where ‘woke’ goes to die,” said Katie Blankenship, director of PEN America’s Florida office.… More
PEN America Speaks: How We Defended And Celebrated Free Expression the Week Of July 22
Here are some of the latest ways PEN America defended and celebrated free expression in the week of July 15. More
PEN America Speaks: How We Defended And Celebrated Free Expression The Week Of July 15
Here are some of the latest ways PEN America defended and celebrated free expression in the week of July 15. More
PEN America Condemns Assault and Detention of Palestinian Author Hanan Awwad
"We condemn and are deeply distressed by the assault and detention of Hanan Awwad by Israeli soldiers. The assault is not just an attack on an individual, but on… More
PEN America Speaks: How We Defended and Celebrated Free Expression The Week of July 8
PEN America works tirelessly to defend free expression, support persecuted writers, and promote literary culture. Here are some of the latest ways PEN America is speaking out. More
Judge’s Ruling on Rapper’s Lyrics Represents a “Slap in the Face” to Free Expression
Julie Trébault, managing director of Artists at Risk Connection, a program of PEN America, said: “Judge Morgan’s ruling is alarming and a slap in the face to the right… More
PEN America Speaks: How We Defended and Celebrated Free Expression The Week of July 1
PEN America works tirelessly to defend free expression, support persecuted writers, and promote literary culture. Here are some of the latest ways PEN America is speaking out. More
PEN America Welcomes Supreme Court’s Rejection of Extreme Arguments by Florida and Texas in Social Media Cases
“The Court decisively ruled that social media platforms are acting as editors under First Amendment analysis when they choose which content to include, which to exclude and which to… More
Legal Brief Urges Federal Court to Find Ban on TikTok Unconstitutional
“PEN’s charter pledges fidelity to ‘the principle of unhampered transmission of thought’ and affirms that literature and ideas should know “no frontiers and must remain common currency,’” said Eileen… More