Summer Lopez
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Chief Program Officer, Free Expression @PENAmerica | Former USAID | she/her | Views my own.
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Summer Lopez
Just Security
9 days ago
Iranians protested their regime for weeks amid the isolation of an internet shutdown and brutal state assault.
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reflects on the impact of writers like imprisoned Nobel Peace Laureate Narges Mohammadi, whose voices reverberate nevertheless:
www.justsecurity.org/130031/iran-...
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Writers’ Voices Increasingly Missing in Iran Protests As Regime Targets Democracy Advocates
Iran’s writers, once voices of resistance, face prison or worse, as protests for freedom wane after a deadly crackdown and internet blackout.
https://www.justsecurity.org/130031/iran-protests-writers/
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Summer Lopez
PEN America
9 days ago
A new op-ed by our co-CEO
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zeroes in on the missing voices in Iran's protests—the writers who have long been heroic fighters for democracy. Read more:
www.justsecurity.org/130031/iran-...
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Summer Lopez
PEN America
9 months ago
Clarisse Rosaz Shariyf, our interim co-CEO, and Mia Couto, Mozambican author and recipient of this year's PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature, join Brian Lehrer to discuss the work of PEN America and this year's PEN America Literary Awards:
www.wnyc.org/story/honori...
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Honoring Free Expression | The Brian Lehrer Show | WNYC
Clarisse Rosaz Shariyf, interim co-CEO of PEN America, and Mia Couto, recipient of the PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature, discuss the work of PEN America.
https://www.wnyc.org/story/honoring-free-expression/
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Summer Lopez
PEN America
about 1 year ago
What books are you reading and recommending right now? Need something new (to you) that fits your current mood? Here are a few personal suggestions from the PEN America staff:
pen.org/reading-our-...
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Reading Our Way Through - PEN America
If you’re looking for something that might fit your current mood, here are a few suggestions from the PEN America staff.
https://pen.org/reading-our-way-through/
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