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MONTHLY FEATURE


2009 has been a special year for PEN, with more events, advocacy work, and publications than ever. Below, you’ll find original video, audio, photos, and writings documenting some truly memorable moments from 2009.

>> More from the 2009 Year in Review

MULTIMEDIA & READINGS

Poems
by Liu Xiaobo
read by Paul Auster

Wild Garlic Gatherers
by Natalia Estemirova
read by Salman Rushdie

An Aquarium
by Jeffrey Yang

Windeye
by Brian Evenson

Lepidoptera or Butterflies
by Richard Miller

To a Vast and Blooming Sky
by Chika Sagawa
translated from the Japanese by Sawako Nakayasu

FEATURED MULTIMEDIA

VIDEO

 
Crossing Over: The 2009 Beyond Margins Celebration
 
Breakout: Voices from Inside
 
Bearing Witness in Chechnya: The Legacy of Natalia Estemirova
 
Reckoning with Torture: Memos and Testimonies from the “War on Terror”
 
AUDIO
 
Who Will Speak for the Child? Human Rights at Home and the Convention on the Rights of the Child
 
Human Rights Book Fair
PEN MEMBER BLOGS
 
How About A War Rebate?
Posted by: Jayne Lyn Stahl
 
Training for intuition
Posted by: Lauren Davis
 
Images of Defiance
Posted by: Lyn Miller-Lachmann
 
>> Recent Blog Posts
>> PEN Blogroll
>> PEN Member Web Pages
 
ADVOCACY NEWS

liu xiaobo 12/25/09:
Liu Xiaobo Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison


>> Liu Xiaobo's So-Called Crimes

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Send an email to the Chinese government!

>> More advocacy news

FREEDOM TO WRITE

>> Liu Xiaobo resource page

>> Freedom of expression in China

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