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Congratulations to all of our 2026 grant winners! Recognizing oral history, young adult literature, migration narratives, and translation, these works-in-progress illuminate important stories and are sure to carry a lasting literary impact. Learn more here: pen.org/announcing-t...
December 2, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Congratulations to all of our 2026 grant winners! Recognizing oral history, young adult literature, migration narratives, and translation, these works-in-progress illuminate important stories and are sure to carry a lasting literary impact. Learn more here: pen.org/announcing-t...
This year, even your holiday shopping can make a statement in the fight against censorship. Support our work — and get 10% off PEN America Originals — with code FREE2READ10 at pen.org/shop.
#FreedomToRead #BannedBooks #BlackFriday #CyberMonday
#FreedomToRead #BannedBooks #BlackFriday #CyberMonday
November 28, 2025 at 1:43 AM
This year, even your holiday shopping can make a statement in the fight against censorship. Support our work — and get 10% off PEN America Originals — with code FREE2READ10 at pen.org/shop.
#FreedomToRead #BannedBooks #BlackFriday #CyberMonday
#FreedomToRead #BannedBooks #BlackFriday #CyberMonday
A writer-in-residence at Baruch College and author of STILL CITY, poet Oksana Maksymchuk talked to PEN America about how poetry challenges power in ways it finds dangerous—and how to support writers jailed for their free expression. #DayoftheImprisonedWriter
Learn more at: pen.org/freedom-forb...
Learn more at: pen.org/freedom-forb...
November 21, 2025 at 9:53 PM
A writer-in-residence at Baruch College and author of STILL CITY, poet Oksana Maksymchuk talked to PEN America about how poetry challenges power in ways it finds dangerous—and how to support writers jailed for their free expression. #DayoftheImprisonedWriter
Learn more at: pen.org/freedom-forb...
Learn more at: pen.org/freedom-forb...
Poet and #FreedomToWrite honoree Galal El-Behairy started writing poetry in high school. During his time as a university student, he performed readings as a form of creative protest.
Unjustly detained since 2018, El-Behairy wrote this poem—read by his father—from jail. #FreeGalal
Unjustly detained since 2018, El-Behairy wrote this poem—read by his father—from jail. #FreeGalal
November 20, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Poet and #FreedomToWrite honoree Galal El-Behairy started writing poetry in high school. During his time as a university student, he performed readings as a form of creative protest.
Unjustly detained since 2018, El-Behairy wrote this poem—read by his father—from jail. #FreeGalal
Unjustly detained since 2018, El-Behairy wrote this poem—read by his father—from jail. #FreeGalal