Fighting for your beliefs Will you help protect freedom of expression? View this email in your browser Dear Friend,   At the start of my career, I didn’t consider the need to fight for freedom of speech…

*|FNAME|*, how will you defend writers’ rights? PEN American can help. View this email in your browser Dear Friend,   One of the greatest pleasures of my writing career has been exchanging stories with …

PEN Reads: Lindy West and Hari Kondabolu on the value of humor and truth-telling Author Lindy West (The Witches Are Coming, Hachette Books) and comedian Hari Kondabolu (Netflix’s Warn Your Relatives) capped off our PEN Out Loud  View this email in your browser …

*|FNAME|*, Stephen King has something to tell you Did you read his note? Dear Friends, Did you have a chance to read the email Stephen King sent you last week? I hope you’ll join him in supporting authors around the world and the freedom to write. Your gift will make all …

Will you help integrity prevail? Who will win in the battle of good vs. evil?  View this email in your browser Dear Friends,   In my newest novel, I imagined a world where children with extraordinary t…

Acting to stop the largest book ban in America, protecting free speech, convening literary legends, and celebrating a prisoner's release Your update from PEN America View this email in your browser Dear Friends, At this week’s …

PEN Reads: Salman Rushdie, Marlon James on Language and Nostalgia View this email in your browser   Salman Rushdie and Marlon James Discuss Language, Reality, and Nostalgia In a wide-ranging conversation with author…

Introducing the 2019-2020 Writing For Justice Fellows! Confronting mass incarceration and catalyzing debate through writing and the arts. View this email in your browser Meet the 2019-2020 PEN America Writing For Justice Fellow…

NEW: PEN America Campus Free Speech Guide View this email in your browser Dear Friends,  We’re proud to announce the launch of the  PEN America Campus Free Speech Guide, a first-of-its-kind digital resource provi…

RE: Tell Congress: Stop the largest book ban in America SIGN NOW: Protect the right to read in prison  View this email in your browser “When the prison gates slam behind an inmate, he does not lose his human quality; his mind d…

Tell Congress: Stop the largest book ban in America Join PEN America in taking action against banning books! View this email in your browser Tell Congress: “With over 2 million people incarcerated in the U.S., and many priso…

RE: Sign if you agree: The DNC and RNC must defend our democracy against disinformation campaigns Tell the Democratic and Republican Parties to discourage and prevent disinformation tactics View this email in your browser Friends,…

Sign if you agree: The DNC and RNC must defend our democracy against disinformation campaigns Disinformation in the 2018 midterm election cycle tended to have one of a few objectives:  View this email in your browser Tell the D…