FILE - A logo is displayed at the PEN America Literary Awards on Thursday, March 2, 2023, in New York. Several authors have turned down awards and awards nominations from PEN America for this year's ...

More writers have declined to participate in the writers advocacy organization PEN America’s events and refused PEN’s awards, or even consideration for such awards, because the organization ...

A very interesting article in The Atlantic (Gal Beckerman): [B]oycotts [of Russian culture] have only increased in intensity, and in ways that demonstrate how wartime assaults on freedom can ripple ...

There are certain “first principles” that must be respected, no matter whom they appear to benefit in the short run. One is the right to free expression, including the freedom to write and read, with ...

PEN America has cancelled its annual literary awards ceremony after nearly half of the writers and translators nominated withdrew their books from consideration. The awards will still be granted to ...

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

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