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PEN Prize to Honor Jailed Turkish Translator Ayşe Berktay

Hans Thoolen wrote 4 weeks ago: (Ayşe Berktay in Bakırköy Women’s Prison – Photo courtesy Ali Berktay) On 15 April 2013 PEN Am … more →

Tags: Human Rights, Human Rights Defenders, turkey, human rights defender, Awards, Prison, woman human rights defender, New York City, pen

The Hijacking of Human Rights by Chris Hedges

slindauer2010 wrote 2 months ago: Posted on Apr 7, 2013 Flickr/Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights Suzanne Nossel. By Chri … more →

Tags: Human Rights, Chris Hedges, Suzanne Nossel, human rights supporting War, Humanitarian Intervention

The Hijacking of Human Rights by Chris Hedges4 comments

dandelionsalad wrote 2 months ago: by Chris Hedges Writer, Dandelion Salad Truthdig April 8, 2013 Image by flatKat via Flickr The appoi … more →

Tags: Politics, Civil Rights, War crimes, Writers For Dandelion Salad, Iraq on Dandelion Salad, Dandelion Salad Posts News Politics and-or Videos 2, Afghanistan on Dandelion Salad, Human Rights on Dandelion Salad, Chris Hedges on Dandelion Salad

FREE SPEECH VIOLATION? | Chilean blogger faces jail after US officials disclose his identity

randygener wrote 3 months ago: NEW YORK CITY |  Will somebody please ask Secretary of State John Kerry to check his email and tweet … more →

Tags: Breaking News, New York City, PEN International, United States department of state, twitter, Identity Theft, Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty, eric holder

A Digital Facelift for PEN American Center - Bright Skylark Literary Productions2 comments

Aberjhani wrote 3 months ago: (PEN International World Association of Writers logo) The PEN American Center turned all of 90 years … more →

Tags: Books, American History, Creativity, In The News, Education 2, Internet Buzz, Publishing 2, Writers and Writing, Black History Month

IT'S HAPPENING -TUES JAN 29th- THE INDIE FORCE HITS BROOKLYN!

itsthattimeagain wrote 4 months ago: The New Indie Force In Publishing To initiate an ongoing debate on the state of independent publishi … more →

Tags: Fiction, global affairs, Susan Kirschbaum, NYC, Who Town, Brooklyn, Spoonbill & Sugartown, Maggie Craig, The Narrows

Censoring Books?9 comments

katmwehr wrote 4 months ago: Happy Monday everyone! Today I’m sharing an article I wrote dealing with the issue of censorsh … more →

Tags: writing, Stream of Consciousness, Authors, Publishing, Books, Education, Reading, Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, Tom Wolfe

World-renowned journalists speak up about Eskinder Nega

Walelgne Mekonnen wrote 6 months ago: PUBLIC FORUM: Carl Bernstein & Liev Schreiber on Eskinder Nega “Who among us could write what I’ … more →

Tags: News around TPLF, News, Ethiopia, united states, Terrorism, Eskinder Nega, Ethiopian Review, Public Theater

Journalism is Not Terrorism: Calling on Ethiopia to Free Eskinder Nega

Walelgne Mekonnen wrote 7 months ago: by Rainey Reitman Electronic Frontier Foundation Eskinder Nega, an award-winning journalist who has … more →

Tags: News around TPLF, Human Right, Ethiopia, Committee to Protect Journalists, Eskindir Nega, Freedom of Speech, Eskinder Nega, PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award

Posted Perspectives on America's 2012 Election - PEN American Center Blog Post

Aberjhani wrote 7 months ago: President Barack Obama meets with New Jersey Governor Chris Christie to discuss impact of Hurricane … more →

Tags: Blogosphere, Education, News and politics, Paradigm Dancing, Top Stories of 2012, 2012 Presidential Election, Author-Poet Aberjhani, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney

PEN American Center - Novelist Philip Roth's Dilemma and Every Author's Challenge1 comment

Aberjhani wrote 9 months ago:                                                        Novelist Philip Roth at reading table.       … more →

Tags: Books, Celebrities, In The News, Education 2, Internet Buzz, 21st Century authors, Publishing 2, Writers and Writing, The Year 2012

PEN Translation Fund Grant 20122 comments

wordkunst wrote 11 months ago: Alexander Booth has recently been awarded a 2012 PEN American Center Heim Translation Fund Grant for … more →

Tags: Alexander Booth, Lutz Seiler, literature in translation, German poetry, Awards, writing, Heim Translation Fund Grant

PEN 20122 comments

miseraestupendacitta wrote 11 months ago: Misera e stupenda citta‘s Alexander Booth has been awarded one of PEN America’s 2012 tra … more →

Tags: Poetry, Literature, Alexander Booth, translation, Arts, Travel, German poetry, translation fund grants 2012, Lutz Seiler

Poetics of Paradigm Dancing in the 2012 Presidential Election Campaign (part 1) | Aberjhani | Blog Post | Red Room

Aberjhani wrote 1 year ago: Queen Elizabeth II enjoys a toast with President Barack Obama and actor Tom Hanks at a 2011 celebrat … more →

Tags: Poetry, Celebrities, Politics, Education 2, Barack Obama, Internet Buzz, The Year 2012, cultural arts, Editorial

PEN American Center - The Nature of This Paradigm Dancing

Aberjhani wrote 1 year ago: The high-stepping Nicholas Brothers in Sun Valley Serenade (1941). (photo by Bettmann/Corbis) Whethe … more →

Tags: 21st century authors, Contemporary Literature, cultural arts, Education, harlem renaissance, Human Rights, News and politics, Paradigm Dancing, Writers and Writing

PEN American Center - Paradigm Dancing: An Introduction by Aberjhani

Aberjhani wrote 1 year ago: Art by German artist Winold Reiss titled “Interpretation of Harlem Jazz” and a.k.a. … more →

Tags: 21st century authors, Book News, Contemporary Literature, cultural arts, Education, Paradigm Dancing, Writers and Writing, Aberjhani, john galsworthy

Poem of the Month for May: Once Upon A Time Eternity Lifted A Pen

mindsurfer25 wrote 1 year ago: (PEN American Center logo in celebration of its 90th anniversary.)   Anybody who’s been looking … more →

Tags: literary themes, american writers, Literacy, Quotations, Aberjhani, Education, Famous Poets, Famous Authors, Quotable Poets

ethiodil wrote 1 year ago:  May 2, 2012 His wife Serkalem Fasil, who is a journalist and also spent time in jail, received the … more →

Tags: ETHIOPIA ENGLISH, African News, World News, videos, Ethiopia, Africa, Eskinder Nega, MySpace, Serkalem Fasil

Ethiopian journalist accepts PEN award in behalf of jailed husband

randygener wrote 1 year ago: NEW YORK CITY: Ethiopian journalist Serkalem Fasil, winner of the 2007 International Women’s Media F … more →

Tags: Breaking News, global politics, "World Culture", American Museum of Natural History, Ethiopia, ginbot 7, New York City, PEN International, PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award


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