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Writer Liu Xiaobo Release from China Demanded By Congress

PEN American Center | Larry Siems | Posted 10.02.2009 | Books


New York City, October 2, 2009--Calling yesterday's near-unanimous vote approving a Congressional resolution demanding the immediate release of critic...

The Stones of the Golden Women: Requiem for Tsunamis Past and Present

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 09.30.2009 | World


Georgianne Nienaber

The conference on Culture and Natural Disaster was named "Screamed, Survived, Start Anew." A Thai novelist narrated his description of the tsunami of December 26, 2004.

We Tell Each Other Stories In Order To Live

Andrew Marantz | Posted 06.01.2009 | World


Andrew Marantz

Each performer had ten minutes to tell a story. Not a rant, not a stand up routine, and, for heaven's sake, not a reading (no notes allowed).

Islamic Porn, Fake Diamonds And Racist Literature

Huffington Post Contributor | Andrew Marantz | Posted 05.31.2009 | World


When the novelist Jose Manuel Prieto left Cuba to spend a decade in Siberia, he could only fit a few books in his suitcase, so he packed several volum...

Salman Rushdie, Paul Krugman To Speak At PEN World Voices Festival

AP | Posted 04.25.2009 | Media


NEW YORK — Salman Rushdie, Neil Gaiman and Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman will be among the authors featured at this spring's PEN Wo...

Joseph O'Neill's Netherland Wins PEN/Faulkner Prize

AP | Posted 03.29.2009 | Media


NEW YORK — Joseph O'Neill's "Netherland," an acclaimed post-Sept. 11 novel bypassed for the National Book Awards and the National Book Critics C...