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| SAVE THE DATES Tickets to the PEN World Voices Festival are now on sale. Most events will sell out.  HELP WRITERS IN NEED The PEN Writers’ Emergency Fund is a resource for professional writers in acute, emergency financial crisis and is available to both Members and non-Members. If you know of anyone in need of the Fund’s assistance, please contact us. FIND PEN ONLINE • Blogspot • iTunes • YouTube • Flickr | ADVOCACY NEWS Writers Press Iran to Release Jailed Colleagues PEN Members Orhan Pamuk, Margaret Atwood, and E.L. Doctorow were among the more than 3,500 writers, journalists, and press freedom supporters to sign a petition calling for the release of dozens of imprisoned journalists, writers, and bloggers. >> More K. Anthony Appiah Reelected as President of PEN In his second year, the scholar, author, and critic Anthony Appiah hopes to expand PEN American Center’s campaigns to protect freedom of expression, win new financial support, and increase the visibility of PEN in the literary world and beyond. >> More UPCOMING EVENTS Thursday, April 8: LIVE STREAMING: Secularism, Islam, and Democracy: Muslims in Europe and the West PEN, the ACLU, the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), and Slate join forces to present Tariq Ramadan’s first public appearance in the U.S. since he was barred from entering the country in 2004. >> More *This event will be live streamed here.* Thursday, April 8: PEN at AWP: Revisions of Truth Don’t forget to stop by the PEN table if you are attending AWP in Denver. Also catch our event on writing and revision with Sapphire, Jackson Taylor, Marie Ponsot, and Philip Lopate. >> More NEW AT PEN.ORG VIDEO: “Reckoning with Torture” in Washington, D.C. Watch writers and artists take the stage with a former military interrogator, a former CIA agent, and others to read from texts that detail the Bush administration’s “War on Terror”. >> More |
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