A Winner Speaks Out (and Congratulations!)
Congratulating Malinda Lo on her National Book Award win, taking place in a climate of censorship about which she has spoken out, and I speak out too.
Women’s March
A report on the 2020 Women's March in NYC and why we need to start putting up Hong Kong numbers if we want to keep our democracy.
The English version, with the calendars redrawn.
Do We Have a Responsibility?
A discussion of the extent to which adults should protect children and teens against potentially disturbing or culturally problematic content in books.
Against Monoculture
With the cancellation of two YA novels already this year, the PEN America annual meeting and panel discussion moderated by PEN Executive Director Suzanne Nossel on the topic "Writing Wrongs:…
Shopping Mall Rules: The End of Net Neutrality
By the end of 2017, this blog and every other site on the internet will enter uncharted territory. Former telecommunications industry lobbyist Ajit Pai, appointed by the current administration, will…
Banned Books Week 2017: Authors on the Front Lines
Authors and editors of books for young people discuss different forms of censorship and how to defend diverse books in a panel organized by PEN America.
Beware of orange-haired (or any other-haired) leaders claiming to be your voice. Because then you won't have one.
No, Donald Trump, You Are Not My Voice
The value of writing workshops goes beyond nurturing a new generation of writers to nurturing a new generation of citizens who can speak truth to power.
Riding the Graphic Novel Wave at Comic Arts Brooklyn
A report on Comic Arts Brooklyn, where publishers large and small showed off their comics and graphic novels and the CBLDF pushed its anti-censorship efforts.