Book bans in public schools kept rising during the first half of the 2022-23 school year, and nearly a third of them were the direct result of newly enacted state laws, a new PEN America report says.

PEN America convenes an Emergency World Voices Congress to address the invasion of Ukraine and the role of the writer in times of turmoil and brutality, and Ukrainian author and PEN Ukraine President ...

Panther Valley’s Michael Pascoe hands off to Austin Hadley against Pen Argyl at Saucon Valley High School in Hellertown Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022. Pen Argyl vs. Panther Valley football at Saucon Valley ...

Celebrated media mogul and cultural tastemaker, Oprah Winfrey, is getting the recognition she deserves for paying it forward to creatives, authors and the world of literature. The literary champion ...

Books which were attempted to be banned from the library at North Hunterdon Regional High School in Annandale, N.J., on Wednesday, June 14, 2022. Staff Writer Over the past nearly two years, ...

PEN America today announced the 2022 PEN America Literary Awards finalists-a list of 54 authors and 11 translators recognized for exceptional works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, biography, essay, ...

PEN America says 5,049 schools enacted book bans in 2022. He was presenting to a middle school group. “Not only were the kids that I met fans of my voice acting work, but they also really glommed on ...

The house where I was raised had an open shelf rule. This meant my brother and I were allowed to read anything, no matter how inappropriate or beyond our years. We never had to ask. I spent hours of ...

PEN America has announced the finalists for the 2022 PEN America Literary Awards. The list comprises 54 authors and 11 translators recognized for works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, biography, essay ...