On Wednesday, PEN America, the writers advocacy organization currently in serious crisis because of its refusal to oppose the genocide in Gaza, suffered another blow to its prestige and credibility.

PEN America has launched the Incarcerated Writers Bureau, a digital platform to provide professional and creative opportunities for incarcerated writers and break down industry barriers, featuring 21 ...

Oscar-nominated producer Jason Blum is set to receive the Business Visionary award from PEN America at its fundraising gala ...

On May 7, hundreds gathered at the Judson Memorial Church in Greenwich Village for Freedom to Write for Palestine, a gathering of writers who withdrew from PEN America's World Voices Festival and ...

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 ...

Ruffin's new gig with PEN America comes after the White House Correspondents Association excluded her from its annual dinner. After the White House Correspondents Association axed Amber Ruffin from ...

Co-CEO Summer Lopez said Blum's work "serves as a testament to the idea that great storytelling and fearless vision can both ...

Facing widespread unhappiness over its response to the Israel-Hamas war, the writers' group PEN America has called off its annual awards ceremony. Dozens of nominees had dropped out of the event, ...

Capping off a tumultuous spring, free expression nonprofit PEN America held its annual Literary Gala on May 16, with more than 650 people in attendance, at the American Museum of Natural History in ...

NEW YORK — Author Salman Rushdie made an emotional and unexpected return to public life Thursday night, attending the annual gala of PEN America and giving the event’s final speech as he accepted a ...

Authors Jodi Picoult and Dinaw Mengestu will serve as literary co-chairs of the event Daniele Venturelli/Getty; Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage Sarah Jessica Parker is set to be honored by PEN America ...

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