Oct 2017
Literature is a place where we can construct new realities together, but unless the literature available to us is representative, those new realities threaten to reconstruct the prejudice and discrimination of the world we live in. — Ai Weiwei
May 2017
How are today’s realities and paradoxes shifting what gay writers and activists take on? Writers and artists Ali Asgar,Édouard Louis, Garth Greenwell and Andrew Solomon explore how gay life, gay men and gay culture are changing and how artists are responding in their work.
Apr 2017
Andrew Solomon’s remarks at the 2017 PEN America Literary Gala.
Jan 2017
Writers and artists have taken a collective stand to defend free expression, reject hatred, and uphold the truth.
May 2016
Andrew Solomon’s opening remarks at the 2016 PEN America Literary Gala, held on May 16, 2016, at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
Apr 2016
PEN President Andrew Solomon discusses his new book, Far and Away: Reporting from the Brink of Change, at the Instituto Cervantes, New York City.
Apr 2016
Andrew Solomon and Maria Stepanova discuss Russian culture and society, the voice of the intelligentsia, and the challenges of independent presses.
Sep 2015
We urge you to release the Chinese writers and journalists who are languishing in jail for the crime of expressing their opinions.
Mar 2015
For more than 50 years, the PEN Literary Awards have honored many of the most outstanding voices in literature.
Mar 2015
Our mission could not be more clear: free speech is under siege and its defenders cannot rest
