What is RSS?

RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a format for regularly sharing and distributing all kinds of online media. Much like news tickers, RSS "feeds" distribute syndicated content online. You can subscribe to PEN RSS feeds to receive regular updates of news, announcements, calls for action, breaking news, audio recordings, and new readings available on PEN.org.

How do I use RSS?

Many web browsers feature built-in RSS readers so that your latest feeds will be available whenever you launch your browser. If your browser supports RSS, click on the content areas you're interested in subscribing to, and follow the instructions to add to your news reader or your personal My Yahoo! or My AOL page.

Some web sites, such as My Yahoo! and Google, allow users to add RSS feeds to a customized homepage layout which automatically displays your latest feeds whenever you visit. Choose one of the links on the right and follow the instructions to add PEN RSS feeds.

PEN News
Breaking news on PEN’s human rights advocacy campaigns, calls to action, PEN event notices, press releases, literary awards announcements, literary features, and podcasts.

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Online Literary Features
Fiction, poetry, literary non fiction, articles, conversation, and more. Each month, PEN Features showcases original work by PEN Literary Award Winners, translators, festival participants, and PEN Members.

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Freedom to Write News
Press releases, action alerts and breaking news concerning PEN's human rights advocacy cases and campaigns.

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Rapid Action Network
PEN’s Rapid Action Network (RAN) was founded by International PEN in 1991 to alert members in 23 PEN branches about disturbing developments affecting the welfare of writers and journalists around the globe. Subscribers to RAN are encouraged to take action immediately by writing appeals and forwarding action alerts to friends and associates.

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China 2008: We Are Ready for Free Expression
PEN challenges the Chinese government to release, before ceremonies for the 2008 Summer Olympics on August 8, the 38 writers and journalists imprisoned for their work.

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The Least We Can Do: Aiding Our Endangered Iraqi Colleagues
PEN American Center is working to help resettle Iraqi translators, writers, and journalists who have been targeted for death and forced into hiding in Iraq or neighboring countries.

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PEN Campaign Against Torture and Due Process Violations
PEN American Center condemns fundamental violations of the Declaration of Universal Human Rights by the United States since 9/11, and we are campaigning for the restoration of the right of habeas corpus and an end to torture, arbitrary detentions, extraordinary renditions, substandard trials, and secret prisons.

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Campaign for Core Freedoms
The PEN Campaign for Core Freedoms is an intensive education and advocacy campaign to address freedom of expression and human rights concerns connected with the USA Patriot Act and the full range of antiterrorism laws and orders enacted since 9/11.

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