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The Reporters Guide to Covering the 2020 Election
This Reporters Guide is intended to be a shortform distillation of the most critical reporting elements for those covering the 2020 U.S. election. More
The PEN Pod: What to Expect on Election Day and Beyond with Nora Benavidez
“Voting is essential to all the ways that we express ourselves and the way we, frankly, imagine what our future looks like together.” More
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What to Expect This Election Season
PEN America to Honor Darnella Frazier, Young Woman Who Documented George Floyd’s Murder
The Fight Against Disinformation Requires the Right Tools
PEN America Demands End to Violence Against Protesters in Nigeria
SIGN NOW: Iran Must Release Nasrin Sotoudeh
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Bryan Washington
[TRANSCRIPT] Behind the Decision Desk: Fox News, the AP, CNN, and What To Expect on Election Night
Healing through Stories: A Latinx Heritage Month Reading List from Tia Chucha Press and Bookstore
Executive Order on Race and Sex Stereotyping is Chilling Free Expression
Banned Books Week 2020: A Reading List
How to Talk to Friends and Family Who Share Misinformation
The PEN Pod: What to Expect in the Final Days Before the Election with Suzanne Nossel
Ayad Akhtar to Assume Presidency of PEN America
Essential Books by Iranians Available in English: A Reading List
Free Speech 2020: An Interview with Nupol Kiazolu, President of Black Lives Matter Greater NY
The PEN Pod: The Power and Immediacy of Poetry with Kevin Young
Form, Fact, and Fiction: A PEN Out Loud Reading List
What to Do When Your Employee is Harassed Online
An Open Letter in Solidarity with the People of Belarus
Celebrating Black-Owned Indie Bookstores
Into the Streets: Writers Recommend Books of Protest
PEN America’s Guide for Combating Protest Disinformation
Black Literature – Past, Present, and Future: A Reading List
Freedom to Write Index 2019
PEN America’s Guide on COVID-19 and Disinformation
PEN America On 
We are looking forward to @rokwon, @GarthGreenwell, @melissafebos, and @blgtylr joining us for #PENOutLoud on 2/9 to talk about KINK: STORIES. Tickets are now on sale: http://bit.ly/3bARK61.
Kazuo Ishiguro's new novel KLARA AND THE SUN is listed in the @seattletimes critic picks of most eagerly awaited books: https://bit.ly/3pehKIg. Don't miss our #PENOutLoud conversation about KLARA AND THE SUN with #KazuoIshiguro & @jiatolentino on 3/4: https://bit.ly/35AHAi7.
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Dare to Speak
PEN America CEO Suzanne Nossel’s book Dare to Speak, providing a pathway for navigating and defending free speech, is on sale!