Iranians protested their regime for weeks amid the isolation of an internet shutdown and brutal state assault. @selopez.bsky.social reflects on the impact of writers like imprisoned Nobel Peace Laureate Narges Mohammadi, whose voices reverberate nevertheless: www.justsecurity.org/130031/iran-...

A new op-ed by our co-CEO @selopez.bsky.social in @justsecurity.org 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-...

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...

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-...