PEN America works tirelessly to defend free expression, support persecuted writers, and promote literary culture. Here are some of the latest ways PEN America is speaking out. The post PEN America Speaks: How We Defended And Celebrated Free Expression the Week Of September 22 appeared first on PEN America.| PEN America
We are still searching: for a country, for a name, for independence, for freedom, for something as basic as the right to self-determination. The post “Devouring our dreams”: Palestinian Writer on Starvation, Survival, and Daily Life in Gaza appeared first on PEN America.| PEN America
Nearly a quarter of Slate’s 25 “greatest” picture books have been counted in PEN America’s Index of School Book Bans since 2021. The post Best Picture Books of the Past 25 Years? Too Bad They’re Banned appeared first on PEN America.| PEN America
Kimmel’s return could become a watershed moment in the current free speech crisis propelled by the Trump administration. The post Jimmy Kimmel Returns With A Unifying and Rousing Plea for People to Speak Out for Free Speech appeared first on PEN America.| PEN America
My novels are always, in some way, a celebration of literature itself. The post A Novel Takes on the Threat of Political Violence appeared first on PEN America.| PEN America
PEN America presented a panel of publishing insiders to shed some light on the industry's complex processes. The post Pulling Back the Curtain on Publishing appeared first on PEN America.| PEN America
PEN America works tirelessly to defend free expression, support persecuted writers, and promote literary culture. Here are some of the latest ways PEN America is speaking out. The post PEN America Speaks: How We Defended And Celebrated Free Expression the Week Of September 15 appeared first on PEN America.| PEN America
It's easy for the distinction between public and private actors to get blurred when a culture of censorship and fear is so pervasive. The post Does the First Amendment Protect Your Speech on the Job? appeared first on PEN America.| PEN America
Delaware Gov. Matt Meyer signed the state’s Freedom to Read Act into law, joining a growing number of states passing laws to stop book bans. The post Chance Conversation with PEN America Director Spurs Delaware Freedom to Read Act appeared first on PEN America.| PEN America
These are well-worn tactics of intimidation, designed to chill speech and exert control over the public marketplace of ideas.| PEN America
For Banned Books Week 2023, PEN America and We Believe gathered a consortium of publishers and nonprofit organizations to rally behind the freedom to read with an open letter.| PEN America
PEN America's 2022-2023 Index of Banned Books found 3,362 instances of books banned, affecting 1,557 unique titles. This searchable banned book list includes each documented ban.| PEN America
PEN America stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression in the United States and worldwide.| PEN America
In an interview with PEN America, writer and translator Deepa Bhasthi shares what translation means in a multilingual society like India.| PEN America
PEN America Denounces Department of Education Letter That Would Ban Ideas About Race| PEN America
Silencing a poet for his words not only stifles individual creativity but also weakens the broader human rights principles.| PEN America
"We have created the infrastructure for listening, and for having conversations, and for debunking without the stigma."| PEN America
No federal administration has moved as swiftly to exert broad new controls over what people can say, read, learn, research, and think.| PEN America
What books are banned in 2025? These are the 11 most banned books of the 2023-2024 school year. The banned books list for 2025 includes "Nineteen Minutes," by Jodi Picoult.| PEN America
We thank the members of our community who have spoken to us about their concerns, and want to be transparent in sharing publicly the information we have shared with them.| PEN America
In this PEN Ten interview, Ekow Eshun reflects on the process and motivations that foreground his work of creative nonfiction.| PEN America
This report on book bans in the 2023-24 school year documents how censorial trends have continued to ripple beyond the shelves.| PEN America
PEN America sought to further understand the impacts of this censorship – the identities and genres being erased from public schools.| PEN America
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America's Censored Classrooms 2024 explores how lawmakers are refining educational censorship through informal intimidation and pressure.| PEN America
The GOP’s victory in the 2024 election will have major implications for academic freedom, free speech, and university autonomy.| PEN America
The final count for the 2023-2024 school year will be released later this fall along with a public Index of School Book Bans.| PEN America
Banned in the USA utilizes snapshots to illustrate the hateful rhetoric driving book bans and the damage this movement has done to students.| PEN America
What is a book ban? What is the history of banning books? We answer frequently asked questions about book bans.| PEN America
In this 2023 banned books update, PEN America recorded more book bans during the fall 2022 semester than in each of the prior two semesters.| PEN America
Five dictionaries are on Escambia County's list of more than 1,600 books banned pending investigation in December 2023, along with eight different encyclopedias, The Guinness Book of World Records, and Ripley’s Believe it or Not.| PEN America
We need to engage in free debate about books without denying readers the opportunity to read these books and come to their own conclusions.| PEN America
In 2022, proposed educational gag orders have increased 250 percent compared to 2021. This can be summarized in a single word: escalation.| PEN America
This report details the alarming spread of legislative efforts in 2021 to constrict education related to race, gender, and American history.| PEN America
You may have seen pictures of empty bookshelves or heard about Florida book bans. What’s happening is that new laws are having a clear chilling effect.| PEN America
In the 2022–23 school year, PEN America recorded 3,362 instances of book bans in US public school classrooms and libraries.| PEN America
These bills enable blanket restrictions on books or curricula for all students—and ultimately empower an ideological assault on public education.| PEN America
PEN America's report on school book bans offers the most comprehensive look at banned books in the 2021–22 school year, with counting more than 2,500 bans.| PEN America