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Banned in the USA: Narrating the Crisis

WebThe book ban crisis is often referred to by its numbers. A rising number of bans, more states impacted, more titles implicated. And behind every number, there is a …

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Health Insurance for Writers

WebNational Writer’s Union. (212) 254-0279. Health, dental, and vision plans available to applicants who have been members of the NWU for over 90 days. Must …

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How to support faculty and staff who experience online harassment

WebSpeak out against the harassment and in support of the faculty or staff member’s right to free expression and academic freedom, while being mindful of the targeted individual’s …

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Tips for students facing online harassment and threats

WebOnline harassment can make you feel like your life is spinning out of control and elicit feelings of fear and shame. It can do real damage to psychological and physical health …

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Guidance for administrators thinking about safe spaces

WebMAKE THEM VOLUNTARY. Any space designated as “safe” on campus should be one that is entered voluntarily. The campus as a whole, and segments thereof that are intended …

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PEN America: Bill Intended to Protect Children Online …

Web(WASHINGTON)—The proposed Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) has the potential to undermine online privacy, security, and free expression, while harming the …

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PEN America to Honor Two California Health …

Web(New York, NY) — PEN America today announces Santa Cruz County Health Services Director Mimi Khin Hall and Santa Cruz County Health Officer Gail Newel as …

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Tips for faculty facing online harassment and threats

WebOnline harassment can make you feel like your life is spinning out of control and elicit feelings of fear and shame. It can do real damage to psychological and physical health …

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Community Amid Coronavirus: Mental Health Tips for …

WebThis week, as many of our members work to settle into new realities, I asked Lyn Morris, LMFT, senior vice president of clinical operations at Didi Hirsch Mental …

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How to respond to heckling during a speech PEN America

WebHeckling during a speech can be acceptable if the interruptions are momentary and the speaker is able to continue. Allowing for minor disruptions or airing of disagreements can …

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Where It Hurts: How Book Bans Restrict Access to Healthcare

WebWhere It Hurts: How Book Bans Restrict Access to Healthcare. “It’s coming out! Down there!”. My 20-year-old handcuffed neighbor, Mina, says through clenched …

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The PEN Pod: On Knowing We’re Not Alone with BIll Konigsberg

WebThe Bridge, your new novel, deals very frankly with mental health issues, in particular depression and suicide.These issues are obviously extremely important at all …

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Lissa: A Story About Medical Promise, Friendship, and Revolution

WebLissa is a graphic novel written by academics Sherine Hamdy and Coleman Nye and illustrated by artists Sarula Bao and Caroline Brewer. The complete graphic …

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A Disability Activist Is Asked to Change Her Speech By Boston

WebEarlier this month, when disability activist Alice Wong submitted her remarks for a virtual talk at Boston University’s School of Public Health, the school made an …

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Biography of Andrew Solomon

WebBiography of Andrew Solomon. March 10, 2015. Andrew Solomon is a writer and lecturer on politics, culture and psychology, and a Professor of Clinical Psychology …

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Taking Turns: Stories from HIV/AIDS Care Unit 371

WebTaylor writes: MK Czerwiec’s Taking Turns: Stories from HIV/AIDS Care Unit 371 is a graphic memoir about her time working as a nurse on an HIV/AIDS care unit in …

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PEN warmly welcomes the release of writer and activist Enoh …

WebOn 27 April 2015, the award-winning writer and activist Enoh Meyomesse was finally freed from Kondengui Prison in Yaoundé, Cameroon, after almost three and a half years in …

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Ban on Sexual Health Textbooks Continues Torrent of Censorship …

Web(NEW YORK) – In response to reports that the Miami-Dade School Board has voted to ban two sexual health textbooks from the system’s classrooms, PEN America …

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The Spanish Illness

WebWhen they had annihilated the indigenous peoples, the new masters imported slaves, blacks kidnapped in Africa and whites from Europe: convicts, orphans, …

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Normando Hernández González Honored by PEN

WebPEN American Center, the largest center of the international literary organization dedicated to defending freedom of expression around the globe, awarded …

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PEN Calls for the Permanent Release from Prison of Journalist …

WebNow that Ganji has been released from Evin Prison, we urge that his freedom from incarceration be made permanent and that he not be returned to prison next week. …

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