Iranians protested their regime for weeks amid the isolation of an internet shutdown and brutal state assault. @selopez.bsky.social reflects on the impact of writers like imprisoned Nobel Peace Laureate Narges Mohammadi, whose voices reverberate nevertheless: www.justsecurity.org/130031/iran-...

Writers’ Voices Increasingly Missing in Iran Protests As Regime Targets Democracy Advocates

Iran’s writers, once voices of resistance, face prison or worse, as protests for freedom wane after a deadly crackdown and internet blackout.

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A new op-ed by our co-CEO @selopez.bsky.social in @justsecurity.org zeroes in on the missing voices in Iran's protests—the writers who have long been heroic fighters for democracy. Read more: www.justsecurity.org/130031/iran-...

Clarisse Rosaz Shariyf, our interim co-CEO, and Mia Couto, Mozambican author and recipient of this year's PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature, join Brian Lehrer to discuss the work of PEN America and this year's PEN America Literary Awards: www.wnyc.org/story/honori...

Honoring Free Expression | The Brian Lehrer Show | WNYC

Clarisse Rosaz Shariyf, interim co-CEO of PEN America, and Mia Couto, recipient of the PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature, discuss the work of PEN America.

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What books are you reading and recommending right now? Need something new (to you) that fits your current mood? Here are a few personal suggestions from the PEN America staff: pen.org/reading-our-...

Reading Our Way Through - PEN America

If you’re looking for something that might fit your current mood, here are a few suggestions from the PEN America staff.

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