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PENamerican

  1. TOMORROW: PEN's Larry Siems and director @Doug_Liman talk w/ @BillMoyers on Reckoning with Torture ow.ly/b9E91
  2. Saturday with the kids? Get to @McNallyJackson and teach with Kris Di Giacomo the youngin's to be creative and funny! ow.ly/b8sJP
  3. Remember Greenpointers! They're packing up the piano @ManhattanInn and reading Gherasim Luca under candle light tonight at 5pm!
  4. Super excited for @TheRattlingWall Issue 3! Do we REALLY have to wait 'til Fall @PENUSA & Narrow books? ow.ly/b7Ylw
  5. "Facing the truth is hard to do, especially the truth about ourselves." @BillMoyers writes on Reckoning With Torture ow.ly/b9D5i
  6. "O Virgin Mother of God, put Putin away..." Those who penned these lyrics now put away themselves, 11 weeks & counting: ow.ly/b9pEu
  7. Poets go to court! This week's PEN poetry roundup by @benmirov ow.ly/b9njG
  8. Dan Magers: Two Poems - PEN.org ow.ly/b8r5i
  9. Great roundup of UN human rights council on Ecuador. CPJ, PEN, and Fundamedios submitted information ow.ly/b8oLr via @pressfreedom
  10. 75 writers, 2 days?! Is it possible? @PENUSA says it's going down at the Jubilee Festival in LA, so hop on board! ow.ly/b8khA
  11. Stop violence against women! Sign the petition now! ow.ly/b8j7F
  12. The top 50 writers/professors you should be following on twitter: ow.ly/b8ipS
  13. A lesson on commas: ow.ly/b8bwW
  14. The next great Russian novelist? readrussia2012.com
  15. @EileenMyles and Anna Joy Springer @citylightsbooks today! ow.ly/b2ZQ1
  16. "A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom." Happy Birthday, Bob Dylan!
  17. PEN is in Washington to discuss Internet Freedom with an amazing group of internet pioneers. Follow along at #internetliberty
  18. Mothers on the Verge (of greatness) @Center4Fiction readings by @leoraskolkinsmi, @Leavittnovelist, & @JessicaKeener4! ow.ly/b2X97