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Reclaiming Power Over One’s Own Story: Aminatta Forna on Abdulrazak Gurnah

Reclaiming Power Over One’s Own Story: Aminatta Forna on Abdulrazak Gurnah

Remarks From the PEN World Voices Festival opening night

By Aminatta Forna | May 17, 2022

The Subtle Authoritarianism of Southeast Asia’s Wealthiest City-State

The Subtle Authoritarianism of Southeast Asia’s Wealthiest City-State

Jeevan Vasagar on Singapore’s Ongoing Suppression Dissent

By Jeevan Vasagar | March 21, 2022

Concerns arise that a Uganda novelist imprisoned for Tweets has been tortured.

Concerns arise that a Uganda novelist imprisoned for Tweets has been tortured.

By Jonny Diamond | January 21, 2022

Against the Literature of Silence: Richard Flanagan on the Writer’s Freedom to Embrace Heresy

Against the Literature of Silence: Richard Flanagan on the Writer’s Freedom to Embrace Heresy

From the 2021 PEN Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture

By Richard Flanagan | July 12, 2021

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By Gabrielle Bellot | July 8, 2020

Turkish novelist Aslı Erdoğan is free of charges accusing her of terrorist involvement.

Turkish novelist Aslı Erdoğan is free of charges accusing her of terrorist involvement.

By Aaron Robertson | February 14, 2020

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