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August 26, 2022 at 9:00 PM

PEN Points: Exiled writers reflect on freedom of speech in America in light of Rushdie attack

PEN Points: Exiled writers reflect on freedom of speech in America in light of Rushdie attack School speech crackdowns hurt teachers—and democracy View this email in your browser Photo credit: Jennifer Altman …

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August 25, 2022 at 8:14 PM

Join the fight to support free speech

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August 22, 2022 at 10:30 PM

PEN Reads: Solidarity with Salman Rushdie

PEN Reads: Solidarity with Salman Rushdie A look back at Friday's reading with Paul Auster, Kiran Desai, Siri Hustvedt, Hari Kunzru, and more View this email in your browser Authors Unite to Read Work of Salman Rushdie …

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August 20, 2022 at 4:29 PM

PEN Points: Writers and readers gather to support Salman Rushdie

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August 18, 2022 at 4:30 PM

Re: Show up for Salman

Re: Show up for Salman Join Paul Auster, Kiran Desai, Hari Kunzru, and more View this email in your browser JOIN US IN PERSON Friday Aug. 19 | 11 am ET Steps of The New York Public Library Fifth Avenue and 42n…

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August 17, 2022 at 10:14 PM

READ: America's Censored Classrooms

READ: America's Censored Classrooms The freedom to learn is under threat View this email in your browser Dear Friend —  Institutional fines. Colleges and universities at risk of losing their funding. Educators u…

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August 16, 2022 at 8:00 PM

Join us for Stand With Salman

Join us for Stand With Salman Defend the Freedom to Write View this email in your browser Join us for  Stand With Salman:  Defend the Freedom to Write Friday Aug. 19 | 11 am ET Steps of The New York Public Libra…

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  Suzanne Nossel and Ayad Akhtar, PEN America · [email protected]

August 12, 2022 at 7:00 PM

Our statement on the brutal attack on Salman Rushdie

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August 11, 2022 at 4:00 PM

Join me for our once-in-a-century event: WORDS ON FIRE

Join me for our once-in-a-century event: WORDS ON FIRE With Margaret Atwood, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and more View this email in your browser Dear Friend,    In honor of PEN America's 100th anniversary, I'm thrilled to invite…

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August 5, 2022 at 10:00 PM

PEN Reads: Join us for Words on Fire

PEN Reads: Join us for Words on Fire A closer look at "PEN America at 100" View this email in your browser Words on Fire: Writing, Freedom, and the Future Monday 9/12 | 4 pm New-York Historical Society 170 Central Park West, New Y…

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August 5, 2022 at 4:29 PM

PEN Points: Ban on 52 books in largest Utah school district

PEN Points: Ban on 52 books in largest Utah school district Man wielding an AK-47 arrested outside Brooklyn home of Iranian writer View this email in your browser Utah School District Yanks 52 Books and Flags Another 32 fo…

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July 29, 2022 at 4:59 PM

PEN Points: What publishing is doing to combat censorship

PEN Points: What publishing is doing to combat censorship The price for speaking out on abortion View this email in your browser What Is Publishing Doing to Combat Censorship? While censorship certainly isn’t a new phenom…

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July 22, 2022 at 10:00 PM

PEN Reads: A reading list for our last 100 years

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July 22, 2022 at 7:00 PM

PEN Points: Biden's hesitancy on journalists' deaths

PEN Points: Biden's hesitancy on journalists' deaths Plus: Fake news speaks many languages, but it’s particularly fond of Spanish View this email in your browser Three Journalist Deaths Fit Uneasily in Biden’s Human Rights…

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July 15, 2022 at 4:00 PM

PEN Points: Twitter, India, and the fight for the internet’s future

PEN Points: Twitter, India, and the fight for the internet’s future Plus: New Arizona law limits recording of police View this email in your browser OPINION | Twitter’s case against India is crucial to the internet’s futur…

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July 9, 2022 at 4:00 PM

PEN America will never stop fighting

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July 8, 2022 at 10:30 PM

PEN Reads: Our new DREAMing Out Loud Anthology

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July 8, 2022 at 5:00 PM

PEN Points: Disinformation is another untouchable problem in Washington

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July 1, 2022 at 5:00 PM

PEN Points: First Amendment confrontation may loom in post-Roe fight

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June 25, 2022 at 4:00 PM

PEN Reads: 100 years of PEN America

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June 24, 2022 at 5:29 PM

PEN Points: Protests erupt at Supreme Court after overturning of Roe v. Wade

PEN Points: Protests erupt at Supreme Court after overturning of Roe v. Wade Plus: Inside the push to diversify the book business View this email in your browser With free expression under siege in the United States, online, and around th…

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June 23, 2022 at 6:00 PM

Join PEN America's centenary campaign!

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June 17, 2022 at 7:29 PM

PEN Points: The fight to end ‘Cyberflashing’

PEN Points: The fight to end ‘Cyberflashing’ Plus: Lizzo changes “Grrrls” lyric after outcry View this email in your browser The Fight to End 'Cyberflashing' Payton Iheme, the head of public policy for Bumble in the Ameri…

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June 10, 2022 at 11:00 PM

PEN Reads: Announcing the 2022 Emerging Voices Fellows

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June 10, 2022 at 4:30 PM

PEN Points: DHS warns about new threats fueled by misinformation, abortion ruling

PEN Points: DHS warns about new threats fueled by misinformation, abortion ruling Plus: Facebook fails again to detect hate speech in ads View this email in your browser DHS Warns about New Threats Fueled by Misinformation…

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June 3, 2022 at 4:30 PM

PEN Points: Anti-LGBTQ conspiracy theories fuel far-right threats to Pride celebrations

PEN Points: Anti-LGBTQ conspiracy theories fuel far-right threats to Pride celebrations Supreme Court blocks Texas social media moderation ban View this email in your browser Republicans’ Anti-LGBTQ Conspiracy Theories Are…

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May 27, 2022 at 7:00 PM

PEN Reads: Can the written word make a difference?

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May 27, 2022 at 4:29 PM

PEN Points: “Horrifying” conspiracy theories swirl around Texas shooting

PEN Points: “Horrifying” conspiracy theories swirl around Texas shooting Plus: Teachers feel silenced from discussing Buffalo’s shooting View this email in your browser Candles are lit at dawn at a memorial site in the tow…

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May 26, 2022 at 10:00 PM

Celebrating truth and the written word

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May 14, 2022 at 4:59 PM

Re: It's the last day of our World Voices Festival

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May 13, 2022 at 11:30 PM

PEN Reads: Displacement and the Life of a Writer

PEN Reads: Displacement and the Life of a Writer Plus: Poetry from the World Voices Festival View this email in your browser Displacement and the Life of a Writer: Nobel Laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah Opens PEN World Voices Festival …

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May 11, 2022 at 5:00 PM

Re: Your invitation to the World Voices Festival

Re: Your invitation to the World Voices Festival Join us this week from May 11-14 View this email in your browser Dear Friend —  We are thrilled to welcome you to the opening day of the 2022 PEN America World V…

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May 7, 2022 at 4:00 PM

You're invited: the World Voices Festival kicks off in just 4 days

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April 29, 2022 at 10:44 PM

PEN Reads: Countdown to World Voices Festival; Has Your Book Been Banned?

PEN Reads: Countdown to World Voices Festival; Has Your Book Been Banned? Sign up for Works of Justice View this email in your browser Countdown to the 2022 World Voices Festival—Get Your Tickets Now!  Wednesday 5/11 - Saturday 5/…

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April 16, 2022 at 2:00 PM

PEN Reads: World Voices Festival tickets on sale now

PEN Reads: World Voices Festival tickets on sale now Plus: Join us for our citywide celebration of Earth Day View this email in your browser 2022 World Voices Festival Tickets On Sale Now Wednesday 5/11 - Saturday 5/14  NYC and LA…

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April 13, 2022 at 10:29 PM

Brutal crackdowns on writers and intellectuals

Brutal crackdowns on writers and intellectuals Myanmar joins China and Saudi Arabia as world's top jailers of writers View this email in your browser Dear Friend,  Today we are proud to announce the release of …

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April 6, 2022 at 1:14 AM

The World Voices Festival is BACK

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April 2, 2022 at 2:29 PM

PEN Reads: You Are A Writer - New Events

PEN Reads: You Are A Writer - New Events Plus: Celebrating Trans Day of Visibility View this email in your browser Abolitionist Poetry: Diaries of a Terrorist and The Sentences That Create Us Tuesday 4/12 | 8pm ET Digital Event …

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April 1, 2022 at 11:00 PM

Discourse—and more—in danger

Discourse—and more—in danger Thank you for standing with us in this fight View this email in your browser Dear Friend,   The Russian invasion of Ukraine and resulting meltdown for free speech, press freedom and cultural exchang…

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March 18, 2022 at 10:44 PM

PEN Reads: Save the Date for the 2022 World Voices Festival

PEN Reads: Save the Date for the 2022 World Voices Festival Plus: Our Women's History Month reading list View this email in your browser Save the Date: The 2022 World Voices Festival Is Coming The 2022 PEN Am…

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March 16, 2022 at 5:59 PM

The 2022 World Voices Festival is coming!

The 2022 World Voices Festival is coming! We're back in person. Join us May 11-14.  View this email in your browser Sign up to be the first to know when 2022 World Voices Festival tickets drop T…

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March 5, 2022 at 1:59 PM

Writers in Ukraine need your help

Writers in Ukraine need your help Upholding the freedom to write in Ukraine View this email in your browser Friend —  Earlier this week, following the conclusion of our 2022 Literary Awards Ceremony, PEN America…

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March 4, 2022 at 11:59 PM

PEN Reads: The Winners of the 2022 PEN America Literary Awards

PEN Reads: The Winners of the 2022 PEN America Literary Awards PEN America at AWP View this email in your browser The Winners of the 2022 PEN America Literary Awards On Monday, we bestowed over $350,000 to wr…

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March 1, 2022 at 7:00 PM

And the winners are...

And the winners are… Join us in congratulating the winners of the 2022 PEN America Lit Awards   View this email in your browser Dear Friend —  Last night, we bestowed over $350,000 to writers, translators, poets…

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February 25, 2022 at 9:59 PM

You're invited: Help us celebrate the best books of the year

You're invited: Help us celebrate the best books of the year Join us the PEN America Literary Awards Ceremony View this email in your browser Celebrate literary excellence with us at this year's in person 2022 Literary Awards C…

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February 18, 2022 at 10:59 PM

PEN Reads: Winners of the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize

PEN Reads: Winners of the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize New performers announced for 2022 Literary Awards Ceremony View this email in your browser Announcing the Winners of the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize …

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February 12, 2022 at 7:59 PM

RE: Get your tickets to "the Oscars for books"

RE: Get your tickets to "the Oscars for books" PEN America Literary Awards Ceremony is Feb. 28 View this email in your browser There's still time to get your tickets to the 2022 PEN America Literary Awards Ceremony, hosted by S…

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February 8, 2022 at 10:00 PM

Afghan artists are in peril

Afghan artists are in peril Announcing: Before Silence View this email in your browser Dear Friend,  Since the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan last August and the subsequent takeover by the Taliban, which has a…

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February 4, 2022 at 11:29 PM

PEN Reads: Tickets on sale for the 2022 Literary Awards Ceremony

PEN Reads: Tickets on sale for the 2022 Literary Awards Ceremony Plus: Announcing the 2022 Writing as Activism Fellows View this email in your browser BUY TICKETS NOW: 2022 PEN America Literary Awards Ceremony Monday 2/28 | 8pm ET…

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February 3, 2022 at 4:29 PM

Join us and Seth Meyers at PEN America’s Literary Awards Ceremony

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