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Title: PEN America - The Freedom to Write

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PEN America works tirelessly to defend free expression, support persecuted writers, and promote literary culture. Here are some of the latest ways PEN America is speaking out.

PEN America filed a “friend of the court” brief in support of military families challenging book bans and curricular restrictions in their schools. “While the government can make curriculum and ...

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Golrokh Iraee has refused to let jail silence her. She was first arrested more than a decade ago and imprisoned on blasphemy and propaganda charges because of an unpublished short story criticizing the practice of stoning. Throughout that time, and...


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Sociologists have conducted an experiment where they draw a box, which they call the “man box,” and ask elementary schoolers which behaviors should go inside of it and which don’t. The students always have answers to share.

Memoirist Thomas Page McBee explained the experiment as a way of framing “


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This is part of PEN America’s ongoing “Snapshots of Censorship” project. Read more and share your story here

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PEN America works tirelessly to defend free expression, support persecuted writers, and promote literary culture. Here are some of the latest ways PEN America is speaking out.

Online and offline abuse is growing more prevalent, but librarians and educators aren’t powerless.

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