PEN America says it sees book publishing ‘at a crossroads’ in a new report warning of cancel culture, review-bombing, and book banning.
A ‘Freedom to Read’ Campaign Amid US Censorship
Seventy years after being written, the ‘Freedom to Read Statement’ has been reissued amid efforts at book bannings in the United States.
PEN America Gala Features Obama, Yovanovitch, Albright, Streep
‘James Baldwin didn’t have to go out and get votes,’ says Barack Obama in a taped interview in the PEN America gala.
PEN America Names Ayad Akhtar Its Next President
Following Jennifer Egan in the post, the playwright and novelist Ayad Akhtar takes up the PEN America presidency in December.