Amid mounting protests over its response to the war in Gaza, PEN America has canceled its annual Literary Awards ceremony. The cancellation comes after one-third of the 87 authors and translators ...

A powerful symbolic image in Kim Snyder’s The Librarians documentary, which has received its premiere at Sundance this year, is a librarian who, at the start of the film, stays in the shadows of ...

Organizations that track the removal of books from schools and libraries are denouncing last week’s Department of Education ...

Literary organization PEN America has issued a statement on a book launch earlier this week in Los Angeles that was disrupted by protesters. The organization hosted an author's event for the ...

The Trump administration's U.S. Education Department said on Friday it dismissed 11 complaints related to book bans by local ...

It's drawn two notable federal First Amendment lawsuits, including one from PEN America and Penguin Random House. "Too Bright to See" has raked in significant acclaim since its 2021 publication ...

Kal Penn, the acclaimed actor, author, and former Obama White House aide, will host the 60th annual PEN America Literary Awards, to be held Thursday, March 2, at The Town Hall (123 W 43rd St ...

With half the country firmly behind him and the blessing of America’s tech billionaires, President Donald Trump is moving at ...

Update published Jan. 28, 2025: This article, originally published in 2024, has been updated to reflect the latest findings in PEN America's banned books report, "Banned in the U.S.A." The list at ...

Artist Dominique Simmons opted to remove her work from an exhibition at Arkansas Tech University after hundreds of students marched in protest against its presence on campus PEN America’s ...