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An excess of “openness,” the writers insisted in a response, was not their issue with PEN America; rather it was “a series of specific failures to act with urgency and substance in the face ...

By Claire Moses The number of jailed writers in China surpassed 100 for the first time as the country continued to be the biggest jailer of writers, according to PEN America, a free expression ...

In a new report out this week, PEN America found that the number of individual books banned by schools across the nation surged to record levels through the first half of the 2023-2024 school year.

LONDON—When the Afghan capital fell in August 2021, former British Royal Marine Pen Farthing raised a million pounds of private funds within days to evacuate 171 cats and dogs and his Afghan ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Several authors have turned down awards and award nominations from PEN America, citing unhappiness with the literary and free expression organization’s stance on the war in Gaza.

CEO of PEN America, Suzanne Nossel, says the authors’ demands conflict with PEN’s mission: ‘We are by design a big tent. We are an organization of people who disagree.’ IE 11 is not supported.

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Cancellation of World Voices festival comes days after organization cancelled 2024 edition of its annual awards ceremony The free speech organization PEN America has cancelled its World Voices ...

NEW YORK (AP) — PEN America has canceled its annual World Voices Festival, as the literary and free expression organization continues to face widespread unhappiness with its response to the ...