The Freedom to Write

Series produced by PEN America

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This series features audio of advocacy and free-expression based literary events sponsored by PEN America and its partners.

This series features audio clips of writers and activists spotlighting the necessity of free expression during events sponsored by PEN America and its partners. With Natalie Diaz reading the poetry of Ashraf Fayadh, J.K. Rowling at the 2016 PEN Literary Gala, and more.


3 Pieces

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Author Jeffrey Toobin of the New Yorker reads "The Colfax Crew” an essay from the PEN Prison Writing Contest by Tim Boland of Minnesota Correctiona...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2016
  • Length: 10:55
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Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha and Lee-Anne Walters, two leading voices in exposing the Flint water crisis, received the PEN/Toni and James C. Goodale Free...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2016
  • Length: 06:53
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Natalie Diaz reads the poetry of Ashraf Fayadh, a Palestinian poet and art curator who was sentenced to life in prison for "apostasy" in Saudi Arabia.

  • Added: Jul 12, 2016
  • Length: 07:46